Curriculum vitae - Louise Alison BAUR AM
October 2013
PERSONAL
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Clinical School, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead,
NSW 2145 AUSTRALIA
61-2-9845-3382
61-2-9845-3389
louise.baur@health.nsw.gov.au
Australian
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Appointments associated with employment
2004Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Sydney (from 2009 conjoint appointment in School of Public Health)
2008Head, Weight Management Services, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
2008Co-Director, Physical Activity, Nutrition & Obesity Research Group (formerly NSW Centre
for Overweight & Obesity), Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
2010Obesity, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease Theme Leader, Sydney Medical School
Other appointments
2007Director, World Vision Australia
2009Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Ramaciotti Foundations
2009Advisor to the Obesity Chair (Visiting Professor), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia
2010Member, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network Governing Board
2012-2015
Member, National Health & Medical Research Council’s Prevention and Community
Health Committee
EDUCATION
1979
1981
1988
1993
BSc (Med)
MB, BS (Hons II)
FRACP
PhD
University of Sydney
University of Sydney
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
University of Sydney
AWARDS, HONOURS AND PRIZES
2010
2009
2008
2008
2008
2007
2005
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service to medicine, particularly in the field
of paediatric obesity as a researcher and academic, and to the community through
support for a range of children’s charities”
Public Health Association of Australia (NSW) Public Health Impact Award
Nutrition Society of Australia Medal for “an outstanding track record in the field of animal
or human nutrition”
Australian Medical Media Award – for “general excellence in media interactions”
Invited Member, Prime Minister’s Australia 2020 Summit
Royal Australasian College of Physicians John Sands Medal for an “outstanding
contribution to the College”
Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision
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1999
1993
1975
University of Sydney Excellence in Teaching Award
Peter Bancroft Prize, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney (“for the best piece of
research by publication or thesis by a graduate in that year”)
Beverley Stewart Memorial Prize, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
Research Work Awards
2012
Health Promotion Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) – Winner
of the SWSLHD Quality Awards for Innovation – for the Healthy Beginnings Program
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2012-3
2013
2008-12
2003-8
2003-7
1998-2003
1994-8
19951995-9
1994-8
1994-5
1992-5
1992-4
1992
1989-91
1988
1987
1982-6
1981
1977
Member, Executive Committee, Charles Perkins Centre (Centre for Obesity, Diabetes and
Cardiovascular Disease), University of Sydney
Acting Head of School/Associate Dean, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical
School, University of Sydney, December 2012-March 2013
Deputy Associate Dean, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, University of
Sydney (and Acting Head of School/Associate Dean on numerous occasions)
Director, NSW Centre for Overweight & Obesity, University of Sydney (and Chair of the
Board of Directors from 2006-8)
Acting Associate Dean, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, University of
Sydney (various times, including July-Oct 2003, Jan-April 2004, April-May 2005 etc)
Associate Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Sydney
Senior Lecturer, Dept Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Sydney
Consultant Paediatrician, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
Member, Dept Educational Development & Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Sydney
Associate Physician, Dept Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), Sydney
Visiting Physician (Consultant Paediatrician), Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Associate Physician, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (RAHC), Sydney
Senior Research Officer, Dept Endocrinology, RPAH (from 1993-4 this was funded by an
Eli-Lilly Diabetes Fellowship); supervised by Prof LH Storlien
Senior Research Officer (part-time), James Fairfax Institute of Paediatric Clinical Nutrition,
RAHC
NH&MRC Postgraduate Medical Research Scholar, James Fairfax Institute of Paediatric
Nutrition, RAHC; Part-time Medical Officer, Accident & Emergency Dept, RAHC
Medical Research Fellow in Nutrition, RAHC
Lecturer in Child Health, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (University of
London), London, UK; Honorary Senior Registrar (Paediatric Gastroenterology), Queen
Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney Rd, London, UK
Paediatric Resident/Medical Registrar, RAHC
Intern, Westmead Hospital
Demonstrator in Physiology, University of Sydney
MEDICAL REGISTRATION
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: General registration - MED0001054966
Registered specialty: Paediatrics, General Paediatrics
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
General Paediatrics
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1996-2005
1994-5
1989-91
1982-7
1981
General paediatric consultant on-call and general paediatric outpatient clinic, The
Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW), Sydney
Consultant physician (paediatric ambulatory care), Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Admitting Officer (part-time) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (RAHC) general paediatrics and emergency medicine
General paediatric training as resident medical officer, senior resident medical officer and
Registrar at RAHC
One term as Paediatric Intern at Blacktown Hospital
Clinical Nutrition/Obesity
2009Weight Management Services, CHW (for severely obese children and adolescents,
incorporating multidisciplinary clinics, individual therapist consultations, group programs,
and a health professional training program)
2004-2008
Child Weight Management Program, CHW (a multi-disciplinary service for the
management of severely obese children)
1998-2008
Adolescent Weight Management Clinic, CHW (a multi-disciplinary approach to
management of obesity with complications in adolescents)
1995-2005
Oncology Nutrition Support Service, CHW
1995-2004
Nutrition Clinic, CHW
1994-6
Consultant Paediatrician, Child and Family Weight Management Clinic at Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital Medical Centre, Sydney.
1989-91
Nutritional consultative service to the Liver Transplant Unit at RAHC.
1988-91
Nutritional management of children with chronic disease, especially cystic fibrosis, liver
disease and renal disease - during PhD candidature.
1986-7
Substantial clinical nutrition training component in general paediatric and
gastroenterology terms during physician training. Eighteen months of gastroenterology
training spent at RAHC and at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Awards
2005
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School Award for Excellence in Postgraduate
Research Supervision
1998
University of Sydney Excellence in Teaching Award
Major Teaching Appointments
1994-9
Seconded to Faculty of Medicine’s Dept Educational Development & Evaluation, with special
responsibility for the development of aspects of the Graduate Medical Program at the University
of Sydney.
1987
Lecturer in Child Health at University of London, based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
(organisation of undergraduate paediatric training for both St Bartholomew's Hospital College
and London Hospital Medical College (~250 students per year).
Curriculum Development and Implementation
 Chair, Transitional Paediatric Course Working Group, University of Sydney (1994-1996).
Responsibility for the development and initial implementation of a modified undergraduate
paediatric course at which commenced in January 1996 and ran till 2000.
 Foundation Chair, Introductory Block, University of Sydney Medical Program (USydMP; 19941997). Prime responsibility for developing and implementing the first 3 months of the USydMP.
 Paediatrics in the USydMP (1994-9). Major responsibility for ensuring that paediatric material
was well represented in the USydMP.
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Chair, Rotating Practice Placements (Final Year) Committee (1997-9). Prime oversight of the
development and implementation of the Med 4 (final year) curriculum of the USydMP i.e. O&G,
psychiatry, general practice, paediatrics, drug & alcohol.
Chair, Nutrition Planning Team, USydMP (1994-7). Co-chaired the planning team responsible for
advocacy and development of the nutrition component of the USydMP.
USydMP Planning Committees. Active membership of the following USydMP committees:
Assessment (until 1998); Basic & Clinical Sciences Theme (until 1998); Personal & Professional
Development Theme (until 1998); Women's & Children's Health Rotating Practice Placement
(1996-2000); Block 1 Assessment (until 1998); Year 3/4 Basic & Clinical Sciences Theme Working
Party; Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum (1998-1999); Year 3-4 Curriculum Committee (from
1997-1999); Clinical Schools Liaison Committee (1998-1999); Child and Adolescent Health
Rotation (chair; 2003); Spirituality and Medicine Working Party (2007-).
Course Tutor, Paediatric Obesity Unit of Study, Sydney Professional Masters of Medicine
Program (2006- ). A one semester interactive on-line learning program.
Spirituality in Medicine course, USydMP (2007- ). Member of Working Party, and subsequently
Steering Committee, developing and implementing this new aspect of the USydMP curriculum.
Lecturing and Tutoring Experience
2012Tutor, USydMP Population Health course (Stage 3 of curriculum)
1996Tutor to undergraduate medical students, University of Sydney: Problem-based learning (PBL)
and Clinical Reasoning tutorials; Integrated Population Health module tutorials
1994Occasional lectures to postgraduate students on various topics related to paediatrics, research,
public health, obesity or nutrition in: Paediatric Obesity Unit of Study, Sydney Professional
Masters of Medicine, University of Sydney; Master of Public Health, Master of International
Public Health and Master of Health Policy, University of Sydney; Master of Public Health,
University of New South Wales; RACP Community Child Health trainees; Diploma of Child Health
course, RAHC/CHW; FRACP training program, RAHC/CHW; Research Methods Course,
RAHC/CHW.
1988Lectures to medical students at the University of Sydney on the following topics: nutritional
assessment, failure to thrive, dietary assessment, obesity, insulin resistance, population health
approaches to obesity, body composition, general paediatrics (numerous topics), infant nutrition,
protein metabolism, spirituality in medicine
1986Teaching clinical skills in Paediatrics to postgraduate trainees (FRACP and MRCP trainees)
1983Teaching clinical skills in Paediatrics to medical students (Universities of Sydney, Newcastle and
London)
1977
Demonstrator, Dept Physiology, University of Sydney
Assessment Experience
1997-2004
Senior Examiner in Paediatrics, Australian Medical Council
1996-8
Assessment Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
Chair, Block 1 Assessment Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
1989Examiner in numerous assessments with undergraduate medical students, University of
Sydney (currently: Child & Adolescent Health Rotation – Stage 3, University of Sydney
Medical Program).
Presentations on Medical Education
I have given numerous presentations to clinical staff and staff of the Sydney University Faculty of Medicine
and College of Health Sciences on such topics as problem-based learning, achieving curriculum change,
effective clinical teaching, formative assessment, giving and receiving feedback, staff development for
curriculum change, and course evaluation.
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Harvard-Macy Program for Leaders in Medical Education - 1997
Invited participant and sole Australian representative. The course is held annually and typically involves ~40
invited participants.
Weight4Kids on-line health professional training modules: 2012-3
This is a series of on-line training modules for a range of paediatric health professionals (medical, nursing,
allied health) in the assessment and initial, as well as advanced, management of patients with obesity. It has
been developed and evaluated by staff in Weight Management Services at The Children’s Hospital at
Westmead.
RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
Postgraduate Research Student Coordination, 2000-2003
From July 2000 to July 2003, I was Postgraduate Coordinator in the Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health
at the University of Sydney and introduced a range of strategies for improving the postgraduate research
student experience (e.g. professional development seminars, monthly newsletter, streamlining of annual
postgraduate interviews).
Supervision of Research Students
PhD and MD students – completed
1997
Helen O'Connor
PhD, University of Sydney (associate supervisor)
Thesis: Studies of dexfenfluramine in the treatment of obesity.
Dr O’Connor is Lecturer in Exercise & Sports Sciences, USyd
2005
Elizabeth DenneyPhD, University of Sydney
Wilson
Thesis title: The relation between adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors
among young people. Dr Denney-Wilson is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of
Nursing & Midwifery, University of Technology, Sydney
2006
Sarah Garnett
PhD, University of Sydney
Thesis title: Body composition in healthy Australian children. Dr Garnett is a
NSW Cancer Institute Research Fellow 2011-2013
2006
Annaliese Dowling
PhD, University of Wollongong (associate supervisor)
Thesis title: Footwear for fat flat feet: Shoe design and obese children
2007
Shubha Srinivasan
PhD, University of Sydney
Thesis title: Insulin resistance and features of the metabolic syndrome in
childhood and adolescence. Dr Srinivasan is Staff Specialist in
Endocrinology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
2011
Genevieve Dwyer
PhD, University of Sydney
Thesis title: Measurement of physical activity in preschool children.
Dr Dwyer is Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Western Sydney
2011
Charmaine Tam
PhD, University of Sydney
Thesis title: Associations between obesity, inflammation and insulin
resistance in children and adolescents.
Dr Tam won a place at the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureates Conference,
June 2010 (1 of 15 Australian invitees). Dr Tam is NHMRC Post-Doctoral
Fellow in Prof Stephen Simpson’s laboratory at the University of Sydney..
2011
Dianne RiddifordPhD, University of Wollongong (associate supervisor)
Harland
Thesis title: Early childhood foot development: Is this influenced by obesity?
Dr Riddiford-Harland is Lecturer in Biomechanics, University of Wollongong.
2011
Alison (Sally)
MD, University of Cambridge
Poulton
Thesis title: Prospective study of the growth, physical development and
nutritional status of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
before and after starting stimulant medication.
Dr Poulton is Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health,
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2011
Ginny Sargent
2011
Vanessa
Shrewsbury
2012
Bridget Kelly
2012
Li Ming Wen
2013
Carla Evans
University of Sydney.
PhD, University of New South Wales (associate supervisor)
Development of an evidence-based intervention for the treatment of
overweight and obese children in general practice
Dr Sargent is Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology &
Population Health, Australian National University
PhD, University of Sydney
Thesis title: Management of overweight and obesity in adolescents and the
role of parents.
PhD, University of Sydney
Thesis title: Food and drink company sponsorship of children's sport. Dr
Kelly is Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, University of Wollongong
PhD, University of Sydney (associate supervisor)
Thesis title: Early intervention for prevention of paediatric obesity. Dr Wen
is Head of Research, Health Promotion Unit, Central and South-Western
Sydney Local Health Districts
PhD, University of Sydney (associate supervisor)
Thesis title: The effect of treatment on exercise capacity, inflammatory
markers and quality of life in obese children with obstructive sleep apnoea:
An exploratory study. Dr Evans is Clinical Consultant, Medical Affairs,
ResMed Pty Ltd
PhD students – current students
2010- Mandy Ho
PhD studies: University of Sydney
Thesis title: Management of insulin resistance and obesity in adolescents.
Awarded 2013 Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) / Nestlé Nutrition
Institute Emerging Researcher Award
2012- Xiaoxiao Jiang
Joint PhD, University of Fudan and University of Sydney.
Thesis title: Sedentary lifestyle and its related factors among Chinese
children and adolescents in the context of urbanization
2012- Megan Gow (nee
PhD studies, University of Sydney (associate supervisor)
Dunkley)
Thesis title: Prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes in adolescents
2012- Amanda Wood
PhD studies: University of Auckland (associate supervisor)
Thesis title: Determining the issue frames and policy influences of front-ofpack nutrition labeling
2014- Cut Novianty
PhD studies: University of Sydney
Rachmi
Thesis title: Obesity in children and adolescents in Indonesia
Masters students
1995
Suzzanne Byrnes
1998
Natalya Knezevic
Alison Criss
1999
Katharine Wright
Julie Ward
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Body image attitudes of teenage girls.
Awarded Joan Woodhill Award for best research project.
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: The dietary intake of prepubertal children in western Sydney
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Non-invasive studies of muscle metabolism in young children and
their mothers: inherited characteristics relevant to insulin resistance.
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Energy use during nutritional rehabilitation in adolescents with
anorexia nervosa
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Muscle metabolism in young adults; metabolic predictors of
insulin resistance
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Vanessa
Richardson
Emma Thomson
2000
Kate Kerruish
Katherine Pronk
2001
Prue Watson
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Nutrition education in medical schools.
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Body composition and energy metabolism changes during
refeeding in anorexia nervosa
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Body composition and anthropometry in malnourished
adolescents with anorexia nervosa
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: Intramyocellular lipids in adolescent males and females
M Nutr Diet, University of Sydney
Treatise: A retrospective audit of the Adolescent Weight Management
Clinic at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Honours students (co-supervision)
1998
Annaliese Dowling
BSc(Hons 2.1), University of Wollongong
Thesis: Foot structure and plantar pressure: how are they affected by
obesity in prepubescent children?
1999
Alex Buckley
BSc(Hons I), University of Sydney
Thesis: Intramyocellular lipid and insulin resistance in prepubertal boys and
their mothers.
2001
Andrew Ling
BSc(Hons I), University of Sydney
Thesis: Intramyocellular lipid in prepubertal boys with type 1 diabetes
mellitus
RESEARCH GRANTS
Externally funded, peer-reviewed grants
Freeman R, Chapman
2012-2014 Online food and beverage marketing
S, Kelly B, King L, Baur
to children and adolescents
LA, Chapman K, Gill T.
Baur LA, van der Ploeg 2012
Actigraph GT3X-Plus Activity Monitor
H, Tiedemann A,
Sherrington C, Maher
C, Vardy J, Lin C, Dillon
H, Chau J, Hardy L,
Rissel C, Latimer J,
Mosely A, Bauman A.
Mitchell P, Gopinath B, 2012-2013 A cohort study of the impact of
Baur LA, Flood V, Hardy
sedentary behaviour, physical
LH, Liew G
activity and diet on the retinal
microvasculature in adolescents
Askie L, Baur L,
2012-2014 Generating evidence of reduced
Campbell K, Daniels L,
rates of overweight/obesity in
Taylor B, Wen LM,
children: value adding to four
Hesketh K, Magarey A,
established Australasian early
Taylor R, Martin A.
intervention trials.
Alexander S, Baur LA
2011-2013 Advanced Training of Health
Practitioners Child and Adolescent
Obesity (“Weight4Kids”)
Australian National
Preventive Health Agency;
$259,000
University of Sydney
NHMRC Equipment Grant;
$48,876
Heart Foundation of
Australia Grant-in-Aid;
G11S 6106; $130,000 over
2 years
NHMRC Project Grant (ID
1028555); $187,018 in
total
NSW Health, Western
Child Health Network;
$209,360
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Wen LM, Baur LA,
Rissel C, Flood V,
Simpson JM, Hayes Al,
Hardy L.
Dixon H, Wakefield M,
Donovan R, Baur L,
Crawford D, Chapman
K, Martin J, Morley B,
Kelly B.
Skouteris H, McCabe
M, Ricciardelli LA,
Milgrom J, Baur LA
Garnett SP, Cowell
CT, Baur LA, Noakes
N.
2011-2014 Effectiveness of an early intervention NHMRC Project Grant (ID
trial to prevent obesity: Follow up
1003780); 2010-2014
and cost-effectiveness analysis
$420,489 in total : 2011
$151,404; 2012 $137,042;
2013 $103,205; 2014
$28,837
2010-2012 Effects of counteradvertising on
Bupa Foundation,
parent/child susceptibility to junk
$280,000, 2010-2012
food promotions.
2010-2012 How do parenting and parent-child
interactions impact on preschool
children's eating, physical activity
habits, and subsequent patterns of
weight gain?
2009-2010 Diet intervention for adolescents
with prediabetes
Baur LA, Steinbeck
KS, Hill AJ.
2009-2010
Bundy A, Baur L,
Naughton G, Trainter
P, Schiller W, Wyver
S.
Bundy A, Naughton
GA, Tranter PJ, Wyver
SR, Baur LA, Schiller
WE, Bauman A
Baur LA, Bauman A,
Smith B, Chapman K
2009-2011
Garnett SP, Cowell
CT, Baur LA.
2008-2011
Newman C, Baur LA
2008-2009
Garnett SP, Cowell
CT, Baur LA, Noakes
M.
Baur LA, Wake M,
Steinbeck KS.
2008
2009-2011
2009-2011
2007-2009
ARC Discovery Project
DP1092804; $50,000 p.a.
for 3 years
Heart Foundation of
Australia Grant-in-Aid
G0853758; $65,000 p.a.
for 2 years
The Loozit weight management trial Heart Foundation of
in adolescents
Australia Grant-in-Aid
G0853783; $64,500 p.a.
for 2 years
Cluster randomised controlled trial of NHMRC Project Grant (ID
an innovative intervention to
570808); 2009 $183,750;
increase children’s physical activity.
2010 $148,750; 2011
$153,750
Popping the bubblewrap: Unleashing ARC Discovery Project
the power of play
DP0986224; 2009
$175,923; 2010 $102,000;
2011 $121,000
Food and drink company sponsorship ARC Linkage Project
of children's sport: publicity or
LP0989387; 2009
philanthropy?
$87,000; 2010 $118,000;
2011 $85,000
The role of dietary protein and
Bupa Foundation; Yr
exercise in pre-diabetic adolescents
1:$135,500; Yr 2:
$191,500; Yr 3: $70,975
Promoting Healthykids - everyday,
NSW Health Western
everywhere. Building the capacity of Child Health Network;
area health service professionals to
$381,000
promote nutrition and physical
activity and address overweight and
obesity in children.
An RCT examining the effect of two
Diabetes Australia
different dietary interventions on
Research Trust; $49,160
insulin resistance in adolescents
Clinical and community studies of
Foundation for Children;
child and adolescent obesity
$60,000 p.a. for 2 years
research: a co-ordinated approach
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Baur LA, Steinbeck
KS, Hill AJ.
A Bundy, L Baur, G
Davis, D Shirley, C
Canning & L Ada
Cowell C, Baur LA,
Wong M, Tam C
Wen LM, Baur L,
Rissel C, Alperstein G
2007-2009 Loozit: a community-based healthy,
active living program for overweight
and obese young people aged 13-16
years
2007
Video-analysis software packages
Foundation for Children;
$60,000 p.a. for 2 years
2007
Diabetes Australia
Research Trust Grant;
$49,783
NHMRC Preventive
Healthcare and
Strengthening Australia’s
Social and Economic
Fabric Research Grant (ID
393112); $650,358 (2007:
$236,147; 2008:
$234,324; 2009:
$179,887)
NHMRC Preventive
Healthcare and
Strengthening Australia’s
Social and Economic
Fabric Research Grant (ID
374241); $1,945,741
(2007: $418,254; 2008:
$259,432; 2009:
$391,491; 2010: $51,096;
2011: $325,468)
Financial Markets
Foundation for Children;
$37,400 p.a. for 2 years
(total: $74,800)
NHMRC Equipment
Grant; $57,000
Inflammatory markers in children
and adolescents with obesity and/or
insulin resistance
2007-2010 Early intervention to prevent
childhood obesity among a
disadvantaged population: a homebased randomised controlled trial
Ball K, Crawford D,
Timperio A, Mishra G,
Hugo G, Baur L,
Salmon J
2007-2011 Preventing obesity among
socioeconomically disadvantaged
women and children
Magarey A, Baur LA,
Daniels L.
2006-2008 Extended follow-up to assess the
long-term effectiveness of a familyfocussed child weight management
program
2005-2006 Motion sensors system for
measuring physical activity
Bauman A, Booth ML,
Greaves SP, Baur LA,
Fiatarone-Singh MA,
Baur LA, Higgs J,
Dwyer G.
Baur LA.
Okely A, Collins C,
Baur L, Steele J,
Wishart J, Morgan P.
Wake MW, Gunn J,
Baur LA, McCallum Z,
Gibbons K.
2006
Physical activity in preschool children
and its relationship to cultural
communities at risk of obesity
2006
The "Loozit" program: weight
management with prolonged
communication support in
overweight and obese young people
2005-2007 Effect of a weight management
program for overweight and obese
children: a randomised controlled
trial.
2005-2007 Randomised controlled trial of a brief
GP intervention to reduce
overweight in Victorian primary
school children.
NHMRC Equipment
Grant; $18,256
Telstra Community
Development Fund;
$45,000
University of Sydney
Research & Development
Grants Scheme; $48,491
NHMRC Project Grant
(ID354101); $423,750:
2005 $249,250, 2006
$94,750, 2007 $79,750
NHMRC Project Grant (ID
334309); $652,550: 2005
$255,850, 2006 $210,850,
2007 $185,850
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Magarey A, Daniels L,
Baur LA, Norton K,
Steinbeck K, Sawyer
M.
Crawford D, Salmon J,
Timperio A, Ball K,
Giles-Corti B, Baur L.
2004-2006 Management of overweight
prepubertal children – a randomised
controlled trial
Baur LA, Booth ML,
Steinbeck KS, Hill A,
Shah S, Kohn M,
O’Connor J.
Crawford D, Salmon J,
Timperio A, Ball K,
Giles-Corti B, Baur L.
Waters KA, LA Baur, C
Sullivan
2003-2005 Weight management in young
people: evaluation of a community
based program
Waters K, Baur LA,
Christodoulou J, de la
Eva R
2003-5
Wake M, Waters E,
Gibbons K, Baur LA,
Gunn J.
2002-4
LA Baur, CT Cowell,
DA Crawford, SP
Garnett, JL Salmon,
TJC Boulton
Magarey A, Baur LA,
Daniels L, Sanders M,
Norton K, Steinbeck
K.
GA Ambler, LA Baur
2002-4
LA Baur, ML Booth, D
Forbes, A Hills, S
Sayers, S Sawyer, M
Wake, E Waters
JR Steele, L Baur
2001
2004-2006 Contextual influences on children's
and adolescents’ physical activity
2003-4
2002-6
2002
2002
2001-3
NHMRC Project Grant (ID
275526); $400,875
(2004: $172,850; 2005:
$141,550; 2006: $86,475)
NHMRC Project Grant (ID
274309); $435,700
(2004: $158,500; 2005:
$108,600; 2006:
$168,600)
Telstra Community
Development Fund;
$80,000 ($40,000 p.a.)
An examination of the importance of
the neighbourhood environment on
children's physical activity
The metabolic syndrome in pediatric
obstructive apnea
Financial Markets
Foundation for Children;
$98,000
National Institutes of
Health (1R01HL07078401). US$108,000 p.a.
(US$432,000)
Metabolic correlates of obstructive
NHMRC Project Grant (ID
sleep apnoea during early
249403); $305,000 (2003:
development
$105,000, 2004:
$110,000, 2005: $90,000)
Randomised controlled trial of a brief State/Commonwealth
GP intervention to reduce
Research Issues Forum
overweight in Victorian primary
SCRIF) on behalf of the
school children
Australian Health
Ministers Advisory
Council (AHMAC);
$294,137
Family and environment in the
NHMRC Project Grant (ID
development of obesity and
206501); $284,000 (2002:
precursors of diabetes and heart
$98,000; 2003: $93,000;
disease in adolescence
2004: $93,000).
Management of obesity in preAust Health Management
adolescent children – a randomised
Group Assistance to
controlled trial.
Health and Medical
Research Fund; $56,000
Insulin resistance and obesity in
Diabetes Australia
adolescents – metabolic
Research Trust; $40,000
characterisation and effects of
therapeutic intervention with
metformin
Development of the Australian
Commonwealth
standard definition for child and
Government Dept Health
adolescent overweight and obesity
& Aged Care (competitive
tender); $65,000
Footwear for flat feet shoe design
ARC SPIRT grant (file #
and obese children
C00106578); $22,292 per
annum
10
CH Thompson, LA
Baur
2000
Associations between physical
activity, diet and intramyocellular
lipid in prepubertal and adolescent
children
Muscle lipid in dyslipidaemia: noninvasive metabolic examination in
vivo
CH Thompson, LA
Baur
2000
C Rae, CH Thompson,
CT Cowell, LA Baur, C
Blimkie, J
Christodoulou, K
North, M Coltheart
LA Baur, KJ Gaskin
1999
Data processing equipment for
children’s magnetic resonance
1999
LA Baur, C Thompson
1999
C Thompson, LA Baur
1999
KS Steinbeck, LA Baur
1997-8
LA Baur, J O'Connor,
LH Storlien
1997
J Russell, LA Baur, PV
Beumont, S Dunn
1996
An indirect calorimeter for energy
expenditure studies in anorexia
nervosa
Non-invasive studies of muscle
metabolism in young children and
their mothers: inherited
characteristics relevant to insulin
resistance
Non-invasive studies of muscle
metabolism in young children and
their mothers: inherited
characteristics relevant to insulin
resistance
Obesity and families: a biochemical
and epidemiological study
Muscle fibre type, muscle fatty acid
composition and family history of
insulin resistance in young children
Datex Metabolic Monitor
C Cowell, G Ambler. R
Fay, LA Baur, S
Garnett, S LloydJones
1996-8
Childhood blood pressure and bone
density - relation to birth size, body
fat and genes
LA Baur, J O'Connor,
LH Storlien
1996
LA Baur
1996
KS Steinbeck, LA Baur
1996
KS Steinbeck, LA
Baur, KE Brock
1996
Skeletal muscle characteristics and
predisposition to diabetes and
obesity in infants
Skeletal muscle characteristics and
predisposition to diabetes and
obesity in infants
Obesity and families: a biochemical
and epidemiological study
Childhood obesity: prevention and
early intervention
Diabetes Australia
Research Trust; $34,790
Cardiovascular Lipid
Research Grant (CVL
Grant) - ParkeDavis/Pfizer; $49,772
Ramaciotti Foundation
Equipment Grant;
$10,000
Ramaciotti Foundation
Equipment Grant;
$10,000
Children's Hospital
Research Fund; $15,000
Diabetes Australia
Research Trust; $33,900
Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund; $22,000
Children's Hospital
Research Fund; $55,598
NH&MRC Equipment
Grant (#96-1401);
$41,590
Children's Hospital
Research Fund
$198,000 (1996 $60,000;
1997 $100,000; 1998
$38,000)
Children's Hospital
Research Fund; $41,953
University of Sydney
Research Grants Scheme
$8,000
Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund; $24,000
Financial Markets for
Children Research Grant
$10, 305
11
J Russell, LA Baur, PV
Beumont, S Dunn
1995-7
Energy expenditure and substrate
utilisation in anorexia nervosa
NH&MRC Project Grant (#
95-0250)
$137,739 (1995 $66,101;
1996 $51,411; 1997
$21,373)
Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund; $22,000
Royal Australasian
College of Physicians
Glaxo Fellowship;
$40,500
NH&MRC Public Health
Research and
Development Small Grant
(#95-4859); $19,983
Diabetes Australia
Research Trust; $32,000
KS Steinbeck, LA Baur
1995
LA Baur
1995
Obesity and families: a biochemical
and epidemiological study
Muscle membrane lipids, muscle
morphology and predisposition to
diabetes and obesity in infants
KS Steinbeck, LA
Baur, KE Brock
1995
The biochemical epidemiology of
obesity in children: a family cohort
LA Baur, LH Storlien
1995
LA Baur, LH Storlien
1995
KS Steinbeck, LA Baur
1994
Muscle membrane lipids, muscle
morphology and predisposition to
diabetes and obesity in infants
Membrane lipids, muscle
morphology and predisposition to
diabetes and obesity in infants
Obesity and families: early
intervention and prevention
LA Baur, LH Storlien,
GJ Cooney, KS
Steinbeck, ID
Caterson
LA Baur, LH Storlien,
GJ Cooney, KS
Steinbeck, ID
Caterson
LA Baur, LH Storlien
1994
The relationship between muscle
membrane lipid composition,
muscle fibre type and insulin action
1994
The relationship between muscle
membrane lipid composition,
muscle fibre type and insulin action
Diabetes Australia
Research Trust; $11,000
1993
ID Caterson, LA Baur,
C Sullivan, D Sullivan
1993
Muscle fatty acid composition in
children
An indirect calorimeter for
metabolic studies
LA Baur
1993-4
Muscle fatty acids and insulin action
KJ Gaskin, LA Baur
1992-4
Energy expenditure in cystic fibrosis
LA Baur
1989-91
Body composition and nutritional
assessment in children with chronic
disease
Children's Hospital Fund
Research Grant; $36,090
Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital Equipment
Grant; $40,000
Lilly Diabetes Fellowship;
$60,000
Children's Hospital Fund
Research Grant; $200,000
NH&MRC Medical
Postgraduate Research
Scholarship (89-8103);
$54,400
Children's Hospital
Research Fund;
$11,020
Financial Markets
Foundation for Children
Research Grant; $25,000
Hoechst Diabetes Grant
$20,000
Tendered research funded by government or industry
Colagiuri S, Wilson A,
Colagiuri R, Gill T,
Caterson I, Bauman A,
Baur L, Ragg M.
2013-14
Development of evidence briefs
relating to obesity.
Australian National
Preventive Health Agency
(ANPHA) tender
019/1213. $146,683.90
12
Daniels L. Magarey a et 2012al (via Queensland
University of
Technology)
Baur LA
2010
Bauman A, Baur LA,
2005-6
Caterson ID, Gill T,
Wise M, Brown W, Lyle
D, Raymond I, King L
Baur LA, Cowell CT,
Crawford D, Salmon J,
Garnett SP, Boulton
TJC.
Baur LA, Booth ML,
Forbes D, Hills A,
Sayers S, Sawyer S,
Wake M, Waters E
20032006
2001
National Partnership Agreement
on Preventative Health
Queensland Healthy Children’s
Initiative
Rapid review on e-interventions in
the management and prevention of
adolescent obesity
A review of the evidence for
interventions and development of a
framework to address overweight
and obesity in adults and older
Australians
Family and environment in the
development of obesity in
adolescence: Nepean Kids Growing
Up
Development of the Australian
standard definition for child and
adolescent overweight and obesity
QLD Health; $4.58 M
NSW Health via Sax
Institute; $24,000
Australian Dept Health &
Ageing; $128,000
Meat & Livestock
Australia; $114,900
Australian Dept Health &
Ageing; $22,100
Competitive government infrastructure support
Bauman A et al.
20132017
Li M, Dibley M, Baur L.
2011
Baur LA, Okely AD,
Hills A
20102012
Bauman A, Caterson I,
Baur L, Gill T, Colagiuri
S.
20102013
Bauman A, Baur LA,
Caterson ID, Gill T
20082013
Bauman A, Baur LA,
Booth ML, Caterson ID,
Wise M
Baur LA, Booth ML
(and subsequently
Baur LA, Steinbeck KS)
20032008
20012008
NSW Public Health and Health
Services Research grant for the
Prevention Research Collaboration,
University of Sydney
Regional collaboration to reduce the
prevalence of childhood obesity.
Australian Leadership Awards
Fellowships (ALAF) Program Round
9.
Australasian Child & Adolescent
Obesity Research Network (ACAORN)
infrastructure support
NSW Health Capacity Building
Infrastructure Grant for the
Prevention Research Centre,
University of Sydney
NSW Physical Activity Nutrition &
Obesity Research Group, University
of Sydney
NSW Centre for Overweight &
Obesity, University of Sydney
NSW Ministry of Health;
$1,974,000
Australian Government
AusAID; $313,219
Queensland Health;
$90,000
NSW Health; $1,247,157
NSW Health; $4 million
NSW Health; $2.5 million
Australian Child & Adolescent
NSW Health; $200,000
Obesity Research Network (ACAORN)
infrastructure support
Other recent funding sources
13
Alam A, Dibley M, Baur 2014
L, Hong TK, Trang NHD
Bauman A, Kay J,
2013
Sherrington C, Rissel C,
Greaves S, Mulley C,
Gill T, Davis G,
Refshauge K, Fiatarone
Singh M, Hardy L, Baur
L, Allman-Farinelli M,
Clemson L, Magnusson
R, Kilbreath S, Neubeck
L, Dhillon H, Chau J,
Johnson N, Merom D,
Stancliffe R, Mackey
M, Shirley D, Bundy A,
Engelen L, Vardy J, van
der Ploeg H, Bellew B,
McGreevy P
Baur LA, Steinbeck KS, 2009Hill AJ.
2010
Baur LA, Dwyer G,
Hardy L.
20072008
Baur LA, Steinbeck K,
O’Connor J.
20062008
Baur LA, Steinbeck K,
O’Connor J.
20062008
Collaborating with Pham Ngoc Thach
University, Vietnam to assess the
feasibility of an intervention to
prevent obesity in adolescents in Ho
Chi Minh City
PLANET Sydney- the PhysicaL Activity
NETwork Sydney University.
University of Sydney
International Program
Development Fund;
$16,080
Planning for the dissemination of the
Loozit® Program into the wider
community
Validation of the Pre-PAQ
Estate of the Late RT Hall.
2009: $73,077; 2010:
$36,439
Coles Community
Development Fund;
$49,000
Macquarie Bank
Foundation; $45,000
The Loozit program: weight
management with prolonged
communication support in
overweight and obese young people
The Loozit program: weight
management with prolonged
communication support in
overweight and obese young people
University of Sydney;
$85,000
Estate of the Late RT Hall
Bequest; $182,625
PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES (selected current and recent roles)
International
2011-current
2009-current
2007
2006-2009
2005-2006
2005-current
2005
2002-2008
2002-2004
2002-2004
Member, Scientific Committee, 2014 International Congress on Obesity (Kuala Lumpur)
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Obesity Taskforce
Member, Expert Panel, International Conference on “Physical Activity and Obesity in
Children”, Toronto (June 2007)
Member, Steering Committee, International Obesity TaskForce (IOTF)
Member, Reference Committee, Global Alliance for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Council Member (Australian representative), International Association for the Study of
Obesity
Invited member, World Health Organisation Expert Committee on the Prevention of
Childhood Obesity (Kobe, Japan)
Chair, IOTF Childhood Obesity Program
Member, Working group on obesity in childhood and adolescence, Federation of
International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Member, IOTF Working Group on Child and Adolescent Obesity in Asia
14
2000-2006
1996-7
1997-8
1999-2000
2006 International Congress of Obesity, Sydney, November 2006: Member of Local
Organising Committee; Satellite Meetings Coordinator
Paediatric Obesity Satellite Meeting, Paris 1998 - Member, Organising Committee
Paediatric Sub-committee, WHO Taskforce on Obesity – Member
Childhood Obesity Working Party, International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) – Member
Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
2013Member, A Healthy Start to a Healthy Life Working Party, and also the Obesity Working
Party, NHMRC Research Translation Faculty
2013
Member, Program Reference Committee, NHMRC Research Translation Faculty
Conference
2013
Chair, NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel
2011-2012
Member, NHMRC Assigners Academy
2009-current Member, NHMRC Prevention & Community Health Principal Committee (2009-2012, and
2012-2015 triennia)
2010
Member, NHMRC Partnerships Projects Grant Review Panel
2009
Member, NHMRC Partnership Projects Grant Review Panel
2008
Member, NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence Review Panel
2008-9
Member, NHMRC Grant Review Panel
2007-2012
Member, NHMRC Expert Panel on Health Advice
1995-6
Member, Reference Committee, NH&MRC Working Party on the Prevention of
Overweight and Obesity
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (and also the former Australian College of Paediatrics)
2008-2010
Chair, Joint Working Party of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, ANZ
Association of Paediatric Surgeons and the Obesity Surgery Society of ANZ, on Adolescent
Bariatric Surgery
2006-2010
Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Cottrell Conference Implementation
Group (looking at chronic disease management and physician advocacy)
1997
Royal Australasian College of Physicians - Member of the Basic Physicians (Paediatrics)
Training Committee
1992-2001
Scientific Program Committee:1992-6 Member, 1997-8 Deputy Chair, 1998-2001 Chair
1997-2001
Member, Board of Continuing Education
1997-2001
Member, Convocation Committee
Other national
2009Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Ramaciotti Foundations
2008-9
Member, Obesity Policy Expert Consultative Group, National Preventative Health
Taskforce (Dept Health & Ageing)
2005-2009
Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity, Member of Council
2002-current Director, Australasian Child and Adolescent Obesity Research Network (ACAORN)
2004-2007
Director, Telstra Foundation
2002
Member, Best Investments in Childhood Obesity Reference Panel, Commonwealth Dept
Health and Ageing
2002-2004
Member, Advisory Board, Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong
2001-2005
Australian Doctor - Member, Advisory Panel
1996-7
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Member of the National
Reference Group for the Health & Physical Activity Advocacy Package
1994
Australasian Clinical Nutrition Society (Sydney meeting) - Member of the Scientific
Program Organising Committee
1993-7
Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity (ASSO); 1993-1995 Council – Member, 1995
Scientific Program Committee – Member; 1994-7 Continuing Education Committee Member
15
1991-6
Paediatric Research Society of Australia & New Zealand; 1995-6 Council member; 1994-5
Chair, Organising Committee, Inaugural NSW PRSA conference; 1995 Chair, Organising
Committee, Sydney PRSA/RACP Advanced Trainee Research Meeting 1994-5 President,
1993-4 Deputy President, 1991-3 Secretary
State and Regional
2010Member, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network Governing Council
2008-2012
Member, NSW Health Care Advisory Council
2006-2009
Chair, Program Advisory Committee, Hunter Hew England Area Health Service ASSIST
Childhood Obesity Prevention Program
2005-2009
Member (from 2007, Co-Chair), NSW Health Aboriginal & Population Health Priority
Taskforce
2003-5
Member, NSW Health Paediatric Overweight & Obesity Services Advisory Group
2002
Member, Organising Committee, NSW Childhood Obesity Summit
1997-2001
NSW Medical Board Doctors Mental Health Implementation Committee – Member
(representative of the RACP)
1997-2001
Western Sydney Area Health Service Nutrition Reference Committee - Member
1996-2001
Royal Australasian College of Physicians NSW State Committee - Member
1996-8
Western Sydney Region, Health Promoting Schools Reference Committee - Member
1995-2000
NSW Health School Breakfast Project, Reference Committee - Member
1995-2010
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney - Member of the following committees:
Education Committee (until 2002); Medical Education Committee (until 2000); Grand
Rounds Committee (until 1998); Chaplaincy Committee (until 2010); Patient Care
Committee (until 2000); Annual Forum Committee (2000, 2001, 2003); Memorial Day
Committee (2002, 2003)
1994-8
Australian College of Paediatrics, NSW State Committee - Member
1992-6
Nutrition Society of Australia, Sydney Group Committee - Member
University of Sydney
2012
Member, Sydney Medical School delegation to South American Universities
2012Member, University of Sydney Healthy University Strategy Committee (member of the
Eat well, stress less, maintain healthy weight group)
2012Member, Acting Executive Committee, Charles Perkins Centre (Centre for Obesity,
Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease), University of Sydney
2010-12
Obesity Theme Leader, Centre for Obesity, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease, University
of Sydney
2010Member, Project Users Group for the Charles Perkins Centre Building (Centre for Obesity,
Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease)
2010Member, Sydney Medical School Research Committee
2010
Member, University of Sydney Delegation to the China-Australia Commonwealth Health
Roundtable, Australian Pavilion, Shanghai Expo
2010
Member, University of Sydney delegation to Hyderabad, India. Indian Council of Medical
Research Workshop on Adolescent Obesity and Diabetes
2008-11
Member, Level D Central Promotions Committee
2005Member, Professorial Promotions Committee, Faculty of Medicine
2005-6
College of Health Sciences Research Committee, member
2005-6
Faculty of Medicine Finance Committee, member
2005-6
Chair, A Healthy Start to Life Research Program Implementation Group, College of Health
Sciences
2004
Chair, A Healthy Start to Life Research program Working Party, College of Health Sciences
2001-2
Chair, International Student Working Party, Faculty of Medicine
2000-3
Member, Board of Postgraduate Studies, Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine & Pharmacy
1997-9
Member, Faculty of Medicine Futures Committee
16
1996 and
2001-2
1996-1999
Faculty-appointed representative (one of three), Faculty of Medicine Dean Selection
Committee
Member or chair of several committees overseeing the development and
implementation of the Graduate Medical Program – see above
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS – CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
201220081999199519931992198919881975-
Australian Institute of Company Directors (Graduate; GAICD)
Public Health Association of Australia
American Society of Nutritional Sciences
Australian Diabetes Society
International Association for the Study of Obesity
Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society
Nutrition Society of Australia
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Fellow)
Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia
EDITORIAL AND REVIEWING DUTIES
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Obesity (formerly International Journal of Pediatric Obesity) (20052010); now Associate Editor (2011-).
Member, Editorial Panel, Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health (2000-2005)
Member, Australian Doctor Advisory Panel (2001-2005)
Review team: Member of the Review Team reviewing the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre, Royal
Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, August 2005; Member of the Review Team reviewing the Children’s Nutrition
Research Centre and Dept Gastroenterology at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, June 1999.
Assessor of research grants (since 2003) for: Australian NH&MRC; New Zealand Health Research Council;
Wellcome Trust; Australian National Heart Foundation; New Zealand Heart Foundation; New Zealand Child
Health Research Foundation; Diabetes Australia Research Trust; Women's & Children's Hospital Foundation
Research Grants (Adelaide); Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane Grants; Healthway (Western Australia);
VicHealth (Victoria); Queensland University of Technology; CVL (Cardiovascular Lipids) Pfizer Grants
Scientific journal reviewing (since 2003) for: International Journal of Obesity; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity;
Obesity Reviews; BMJ; American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Nutrition; Nutrition and Dietetics; Journal of
Paediatrics & Child Health; Public Health Nutrition; MJA; CMAJ; BMC Public Health; Diabetes, Obesity &
Metabolism; Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
INVITED PRESENTATIONS - National and International
Date
August
2013
City
Melbourne,
Australia
Organisation/Meeting
International Congress of
Pediatrics (International
Pediatric Association)
Topic
Plenary lecture: Obesity in children and
adolescents
Symposium: Management of child and
adolescent obesity
Workshop: Scientific writing
17
7th Chilean National Congress on Plenary lecture: Lessons learned in
Clinical Nutrition and
treating children and adolescents with
Metabolism
obesity.
Symposium: Tackling the obesity
epidemic.
Symposium: Parents and their role in
child and adolescent obesity.
October
Auckland,
ANZ Obesity Society annual
Workshop: Scientific writing
2012
New Zealand meeting
Symposium: Bariatric surgery in
adolescents
September Santiago
Sydney Medical School
Symposium: Preventing and treating
2012
Chile;
delegation to South America
child and adolescent obesity
Buenos
universities
Aires,
Argentina;
Sao Paolo
Brazil
September Sydney
International Congress on
Workshop presenter: The Australasian
2012
Dietetics
Child & Adolescent Obesity Research
Network (ACAORN)
August
Queenstown Australasian Paediatric
Keynote lecture: Lessons learned in
2012
, New
Endocrine Group annual
treating child and adolescent obesity
Zealand
meeting
July 2012
Sydney
Diabetes Forum – Diabetes &
Debate: Top policies and programs to
Sustainable Populations Forum, tackle obesity
NSW Parliament House
May 2012 Kuala
International Association or the Lecture: Management of child and
Lumpur
Study of Obesity SCOPE
adolescent obesity
workshop
March
Sydney
Australian Association for
Keynote lecture: Obesity and metabolic
2012
Developmental & Disability
syndrome in people with intellectual
Medicine annual meeting
disability
March
Sydney
XVI International Symposium on Workshop presenter: Insulin resistance
2012
Atherosclerosis (ISA2012)
in childhood and adolescent obesity
November Sydney
Australian Association of
Symposium: Overview of child and
2011
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
adolescent obesity
annual meeting
October
Adelaide
Australia and New Zealand
Symposium: Drug therapy for adolescent
2011
Obesity Society Annual Meeting obesity
July 2011
Melbourne
International Society for
Debate: That we should invest our
Behavioural Nutrition and
nutrition and physical activity promotion
Physical Activity Annual Meeting efforts on youth rather than the ageing
population
Symposium: Food sponsorship and
children
November Melbourne
Women’s and Children’s
Keynote lecture: A coordinated model of
2010
Hospitals Australasia Annual
care approach for obesity in children
Conference
May-June
2013
Vina del
Mar, Chile
18
October
2010
Sydney
September
2010
Shanghai,
Japan
March
2010
Melbourne
February
2010
Hyderabad,
India
October
2009
September
2009
Sydney
August
2009
May 2009
Sydney
Australia and New Zealand
Keynote lecture: Challenges in
Obesity Society 20th Anniversary management of obesity in childhood and
Annual Meeting
adolescence
Symposium: Bariatric surgery in
adolescents
China-Australia Commonwealth Plenary Lecturer: Current challenges in
Health Roundtable, Australian
child and adolescent obesity research,
Pavilion, Shanghai Expo
and policy and practice implications, in
Australia
World Congress of Internal
Symposium: Assessing and managing the
Medicine
obese child or adolescent
Symposium: Ethical issues in obesity –
views from a bariatric paediatrician
Indian Council of Medical
Symposium: Community-based
Research Workshop on
interventions to combat adolescent
Adolescent Obesity and
obesity; Epidemiology of adolescent
Diabetes
obesity
Australian Gastroenterology
Symposium: Childhood obesity and
Week
gastrointestinal disease
International Association for the ICID Workshop presenter: Obesity – the
Study of Intellectual Disability;
Millennium Disease (video-conferenced)
and International Collaboration
to improve the health of
individuals with Intellectual
Disability (ICID) Workshops on
major health problems
Nutrition Society of Australia
NSA Medal Award Speech.
Paris
INSERM
February/
March
2009
October
2008
December
2007
November
2007
October
2007
Kingston,
Ontario
Symposium: Preventing childhood
obesity – is it possible?
Riyadh,
King Saud University; 1st
Keynote Lecture: Managing childhood
Kingdom of International Childhood Obesity obesity: evidence, clinical guidelines and
Saudi Arabia Symposium
implementation; Establishing a tertiary
paediatric obesity service: lessons
learned; Preventing childhood obesity –
does it work?
Bay of
New Zealand Paediatric Society Keynote Lecture: Tackling the obesity
Islands, New Annual Meeting AND New
epidemic
Zealand
Zealand Paediatric Nurses
Symposium: Treating severe obesity in
Association Annual Meeting
childhood and adolescence
Keynote Lecture: Assessing and
managing the obese child: the vital role
that nurses can play
Sydney
Dairy Australia Symposium;
Lecture: Childhood
Metabolic Syndrome in Children Obesity: the Australian Context
Brisbane
Obesity Prevention and
Keynote Speaker: Management of
Treatment Society Annual
childhood obesity.
meeting.
Alice Springs Central Australia Rural Doctors
Keynote Speaker: Preventing and
(by
video Association Annual meeting
managing childhood obesity in central
link)
Australia.
19
October
2007
July 2007
Melbourne
June 2007
Canberra
March
2007
November
2006
October
2006
October
2006
August
2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
April 2006
October
2005
September
2005
July 2005
June 2005
Melbourne
Australian Health Insurance
Association Annual meeting
Australian College of Health
Services Executives Annual
Meeting
Senator Guy Barnett’s Healthy
Lifestyle Forum
Auckland Annual Paediatricians
Update
Symposium: Prevention is better than
cure, right? Obesity.
Symposium: Obesity – Responding to
the Epidemic
Keynote Speaker: Obesity through the
Life-course
Auckland
Keynote speaker: Childhood obesity:
tackling the “Millennium Disease”;
Update on management of child and
adolescent obesity; Workshop on
managing paediatric obesity.
Puttaya,
Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Keynote speaker: A global view of the
Thailand
Society Annual Meeting
metabolic syndrome and obesity in
children and adolescents
Melbourne
Deakin University Forum on
Public forum speaker: Obesity – tackling
“Yes I am fat, but it’s not my
the Millennium Disease
fault”
Canberra
Senator Guy Barnett’s
Keynote speaker: Obesity – Tackling the
Childhood Obesity Forum,
Millennium Disease
Parliament House
Santiago,
III Simposio Internacional en
Keynote speaker: How to set up an
Chile
Cirugia y Medicina Bariatrica;
obesity clinic; Multi-disciplinary
Clinica Las Condes, Santiago
management of paediatric obesity
Sydney
International Christian Medical
Symposium: Globesity: Confronting the
& Dental Association Congress
disease of westernisation and
consumerism.
Melbourne
Monash Medical Centre Annual Keynote speaker: Management of child
Paediatricians Meeting
& adolescent obesity; Workshop: Case
studies of paediatric obesity.
Brisbane
Queensland Obesity Summit,
Keynote speaker (opening the summit):
Parliament House, Brisbane
Childhood obesity: Tackling the
Millennium Disease
Sydney
Karitane National Annual
Symposium: Healthy eating & activity in
Meeting
young children – early intervention
Adelaide,
Wyeth Annual Nutrition Lecture Keynote speaker: Management of
Perth,
Tour
childhood obesity (several lectures given
Sydney
&
over a 2 week period)
Melbourne
Adelaide
Australasian Society for the
Symposium: Management of childhood
Study of Obesity ASM
obesity – the importance of a familybased approach
Vienna
European Childhood Obesity
Keynote speaker: Prevention of
Group ASM
childhood obesity - lessons from
Australia
Sydney
Australian Institute of Food
Symposium: Risk factors for weight gain
Science & Technology
in adolescence
Kobe
WHO Expert Consultation on
Invited speaker: Developmental aspects
Childhood Obesity
of weight gain in childhood and
adolescence
20
May 2005
August
2004
ARCHI Symposium on
Innovations in the clinical
management of the bariatric
(obese) patient
Auckland, NZ NZ branch of the Australasian
Society for the Study of Obesity
ASM
Brisbane
Australasian Society for the
Study of Obesity ASM
July 2004
Melbourne
October
2004
March
2004
November
2003
October
2003
Sydney
Victorian branch of the Royal
Australasian College of
Physicians (nationally broadcast
video-conference)
Sydney
Australian National Playground
Conference
Dunedin,
Nutrition Society of New
New Zealand Zealand ASM
Hunter
Australasian Society for the
Valley
Study of Obesity
October
2003
Sydney
Australian & New Zealand
Adolescent Health Conference
June 2003
Sydney
Tresillian Conference
May 2003
Hobart
November
2002
April 2002
Melbourne
March
2002
Adelaide
November
2001
Sydney
October
2001
Sydney
May 2001
Sydney
April 2001
Darwin
Royal Australasian College of
Physicians ASM
Australian Health & Medical
Research Congress
Sanitarium International
Nutrition Symposium
Annual Swift Memorial Lecture,
Women’s & Children’s Hospital,
Adelaide
Australian Rural Health
Education Foundation (tele-cast
nationally)
2nd Annual Oski Symposium
(web-cast international
conference)
NSW Dept Health Diversity in
Health Conference: sharing
global perspectives
5th Commonwealth Congress on
Diarrhoea and Malnutrition
April 2001
Cairns
Melbourne
Keynote speaker: Child and adolescent
obesity: how can it best be managed?
Keynote speaker: Research into primary
care management of child and
adolescent obesity
Keynote speaker: Obesity-associated
complications in children and
adolescents
Workshop speaker: Management of
obesity in children and adolescents
Keynote speaker: Childhood obesity –
tackling the toxic environment.
Keynote speaker: Obesity in childhood
and adolescence: the 21st epidemic
Symposium: Lessons and challenges
from interventions studies: the LEAP
Study
Symposia x 2: Assessment of nutritional
status in anorexia nervosa; Obesity in
adolescence
Symposium: Obesity and at risk children:
working with families
Symposium: Insulin resistance in
childhood and adolescence
Symposium: Obesity in childhood does
matter
Keynote speaker: Obesity in childhood
and adolescence
Keynote speaker: Obesity – a modern
epidemic; The management of
childhood obesity
Symposium/interactive panel discussion:
Better managing childhood nutrition and
obesity
Keynote speaker: A rational approach to
the management of obesity in childhood
and adolescence
Symposium: Psychosocial distress in
obese children and young people
Symposium: Nutritional diseases of
transition: central obesity and the
insulin resistance syndrome.
Asia Pan-Pacific Society of
Symposium: Childhood obesity – the
Paediatric Gastroenterology and next challenge.
Nutrition
Lecture – Obesity: a meaningful
approach to management
21
Nov
2000
Sept 2000
Sydney
March
2000
Oct 1999
Sydney
Oct 1999
Brisbane
Sept. 1999
Marrakesh
June 1999
Sydney
May 1999
Perth
Nov. 1998
Adelaide
Sept. 1998
Brisbane
April 1998
Adelaide
Nov. 1997
Brisbane
Curriculum Conference,
University of Queensland
Medical School
Aug. 1997
Cairns
June 1997
Boston
May 1997
Melbourne
Nov. 1996
Barcelona
Max Planck-Humboldt Dieting
Disorders Research Workshop
(satellite to the Pan Pacific
Conference on Eating Disorders)
Harvard-Macy Institute Program
for Leaders in Medical Student
Education, Harvard Medical
School
Heinz Institute of Nutritional
Sciences National Symposium
on "Child Nutrition for Health
Tomorrow"
AOCS International Conference
on PUFA in Infant Nutrition
May 1996
Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane
International Congress of
Endocrinology Nursing
2000 Pre-Olympic Congress
6th World Congress on Sleep
Apnoea
Australian Gastroenterological
Society
Australian Society for Paediatric
Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Australian Medical Association
Symposium on the Olympic
Athlete
Royal Australasian College of
Physicians
Nutrition Society of Australia
Annual Meeting
Royal Children's Hospital,
Brisbane Annual Meeting
Endocrine Society of Australia
Annual Postgraduate Seminar
Australian College of Paediatrics
ASM
Symposium: Obesity - spanning the ages
Symposium on Obesity in Childhood:
Why is prevention in childhood
important?
Symposium on obesity: Management of
obesity in children
Symposium on non-alcoholic
steatohepatitis: Obesity – what causes
it?
Lecture: Diet, muscle and insulin – or
why breast is best!
Workshops x 4:
• Weight management
• Diarrhoea and vomiting in childhood
• Fever and infection in childhood
• Feeding in the first years
Symposium: Obesity in childhood – how
big a problem and what causes it?
Workshop: Management of obesity in
childhood – what’s new?
Symposium: Insulin resistance and fatty
acids
Lecture: Obesity in childhood: nature vs
nurture
• Symposium: Obesity in childhood and
adolescence
• Lecture: Energy expenditure and
substrate utilisation in anorexia nervosa
and obesity
Symposia:
• Integration in Med 1/2 - the Sydney
experience
• Approaches to Med 3/4 - Sydney plans
Symposium: Obesity in childhood and
adolescence: prevalence and risk factors
Workshop: Computer delivery of a new
medical course
Lecture: Childhood obesity - aetiology,
consequences and management
Symposium: Insulin sensitivity and
muscle membrane fatty acid
composition
Symposium: Metabolic basis of obesity
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Sept. 1995
Sydney
Australian Society for Parenteral
and Enteral Nutrition ASM
Australasian Society for the
Study of Obesity ASM
Australasian Clinical Nutrition
Society Annual Scientific
Meeting ASM
Dept Paediatrics, Royal Darwin
Hospital
Sept. 1995
Melbourne
Sept. 1994
Sydney
May 1994
Darwin
Sept. 1993
Melbourne
International Body Composition
Conference
Sept. 1993
Sydney
May 1993
Melbourne
Sept. 1993
Brisbane
Nov. 1992
Phoenix, AZ
1990
Sydney
9th Biennial Conference of
Exercise, Nutrition and
Metabolism
Australian College of Paediatrics
ASM
Royal Australasian College of
Physicians Visiting Lecturer
(Royal Children's Hospital and
Mater Children's Hospital,
Brisbane)
National Institutes of Health,
Phoenix, Arizona
Australian Society for Parenteral
and Enteral Nutrition ASM
Symposium: Nutritional assessment in
children and adolescents
Symposium: Measurement of body fat
in children
Symposium: Developing a nutrition
course for medical students at Sydney
University
Lecture: Assessment of nutritional
status and body composition in
malnourished children
Symposium: Body composition
measurement in children: ethical and
methodological considerations
Symposium: Diet, exercise and obesity
in children
Workshop: Obesity in childhood and
adolescence
Lectures:
• Nutritional assessment in childhood
• Obesity in childhood and adolescence
• Infant feeding issues
Seminar: Membrane lipids and insulin
resistance
Workshop: Nutritional assessment in
liver disease
PUBLICATIONS
Original articles
1.
Sefton AJ, Mackay-Sim A, Baur LA, Cottee LJ. Cortical projections to visual centres in the rat: an HRP
study. Brain Res 1981; 215: 1-13.
2.
Hale PT, Sefton AJ, Baur LA, Cottee LJ. Interrelations of the rat’s thalamic reticular and dorsal lateral
geniculate nuclei. Exp Brain Res 1982; 45: 217-229.
3.
Gaskin KJ, Waters DL, Baur LA, Soutter VL, Gruca MA. Nutritional status, growth and development
in children undergoing intense treatment for cystic fibrosis. Acta Paediatr Scand 1990; 366 (Suppl):
106-110.
4.
Blagojevic N, Allen BJ, Gaskin KJ, Baur LA. Determination of total body water by Fourier transform
infrared analysis. Aust Phys Eng Sci Med 1990; 13: 110-116.
5.
Baur LA, Waters DL, Allen BJ, Blagojevic N, Gaskin KJ. Nitrogen deposition in malnourished children
with cystic fibrosis. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 53: 503-511. Abstracted in: Paediatrics Digest 1991; Infant
Nutrition Digest 1991.
6.
Baur LA, Allen BJ, Rose A, Blagojevic N, Gaskin KJ. A total body nitrogen facility for paediatric use.
Phys Med Biol 1991; 36: 1363-1375.
7.
Baur LA. Body composition in normal children - ethical and methodological limitations. Asia Pac J
Clin Nutr 1994; 4:35-38.
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8.
Baur LA, Knight JF, Crawford BA, Reed E, Roy LP, Gaskin KJ. Total body protein in children with
chronic renal failure and short stature. Eur J Clin Nutr 1994; 48: 433-441.
9.
Lazarus R, Baur L, Webb K, Blyth F, Gliksman M. Recommended BMI cutoff values for overweight
screening programs in Australian children and adolescents: Comparisons with North American
values. J Paediatr Child Health, 1995: 31:143-147.
10.
Kriketos AD, Pan DA, Sutton JR, Hoh JY, Baur LA, Cooney GJ, Jenkins AB, Storlien LH. Relationships
between muscle membrane lipids, fiber type and enzyme activities in sedentary and exercised rats.
Am J Physiol, 1995; 269: R1152-R1162.
11.
Pan DA, Storlien LH, Milner MR, Kriketos AD, Baur LA, Bogardus C, Lillioja S. Skeletal muscle
membrane lipid composition is related to adiposity and insulin action. J Clin Invest, 1995; 96:28022808.
12.
Allen JR, Baur LA, Waters DL, Allen BJ, Gaskin KJ. Body protein in prepubertal children with
phenylketonuria. Eur J Clin Nutr, 1996; 50:178-186.
13.
Lazarus R, Baur L, Webb K, Blyth F. Adiposity and body mass indices in children: Benn's index and
other weight for height indices as measures of relative adiposity. Int J Obesity, 1996; 20:406-412.
14.
Lazarus R, Baur L, Webb K, Blyth F. Body mass index in screening programs for adiposity in children:
systematic evaluation using Receiver Operating Characteristic curves. Am J Clin Nutr, 1996; 63:5006.
15.
Kriketos AD, Pan DA, Lillioja S, Cooney GJ, Baur LA, Milner MR, Sutton JR, Jenkins AB, Bogardus C,
Storlien LH. Interrelationships between muscle morphology, insulin action and adiposity. Am J
Physiol, 1996; 270:R1332-1339.
16.
Bryson JM, King, SE, Burns CM, Baur LA, Swaraj S, Caterson ID. Changes in glucose and lipid
metabolism induced by a very low calorie diet in obese subjects. Int J Obesity, 1996; 20:338-345.
17.
Storlien LH, Pan DA, Kriketos AD, O'Connor J, Caterson ID, Cooney GJ, Jenkins AB, Baur LA. Skeletal
muscle membrane lipids and insulin resistance. Lipids, 1996; 31:S261-5.
18.
Pan DA, Lillioja S, Kriketos AD, Milner M, Baur LA, Bogardus C, Jenkins AB, Storlien LH. Skeletal
muscle triglyceride levels are inversely related to insulin action. Diabetes 1997; 46: 983-988.
19.
Kriketos AD, Baur LA, O'Connor J, Carey D, King S, Caterson ID, Storlien LH. Muscle fibre type
composition in infant and adult populations and relationships with obesity. Int J Obesity 1997; 21:
796-801.
20.
Flood V, Webb K, Baur L, Lazarus R. Monitoring overweight and obesity in NSW: a guide. NSW Pub
Health Bull, 1997; 8: 46-48.
21.
King SE, Bryson JM, Baur LA, Swaraj S, Caterson ID. Non-esterified fatty acid regulation of lipid and
glucose oxidation in the obese. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1997; 827: 476-9.
22.
Baur LA, O'Connor J, Pan DA, Kriketos AD, Storlien LH. The fatty acid composition of skeletal muscle
membrane phospholipid: its relationship with type of feeding and plasma glucose levels in young
children. Metabolism 1998; 47: 106-112.
23.
Allen JR, Humphries IRJ, McCauley JC, Waters DL, Allen BJ, Baur LA, Roberts DCK, Gaskin KJ.
Assessment of body composition of children with cystic fibrosis. Appl Radiat Isot 1998; 49: 591-2.
24.
Hendry GD, Baur LA. Monitoring evaluation of a Paediatrics and Child Health course: factors in
implementing course inprovement. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 1998, 23: 179189.
25.
Russell J, Baur L, Byrnes S, Zipfel S, Beumont P. Refeeding of anorexics: wasteful not wilful. Lancet
1998: 352: 1445-6.
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26.
Baur LA, O'Connor J, Storlien LH. Fat, fat subtypes and insulin action. Proc Nutr Soc Aust 1998; 22:
151-157.
27.
Simmer K, Baur L, Bines J, Brewster D, Forbes D, Ford R, Gillan G, Lesson R. Guidelines for the
funding of paediatric research by formula companies. The Australian College of Paediatrics. J
Paediatr Child Health 1998; 34: 119.
28.
Baur LA, O'Connor J, Pan DA, Storlien LH. Relationships between maternal risk of insulin resistance
and the child's muscle membrane fatty acid composition. Diabetes 1999; 48: 112-116.
29.
Zipfel S, Russell J, Baur L, Touyz S, Herzog W, Beumont P. Metabolische Aspekte der Gewichts
regulation bei patientinnen mit Anorexia nervosa. Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische
Psychologie 1999; 49:461-462.
30.
Byrnes S, Steinbeck K, Brock K, Baur LA. Leptin and cholesterol are predictors of weight gain in prepubertal children. Int J Obesity 1999: 23: 146-150.
31.
Boulton TJC, Cowell C, Baur LA, Magarey A, Landers M. Nutrition in early life: somatic growth and
serum lipids. Ann Int Med 1999; 31 (Suppl1): 7-12.
32.
Booth ML, Macaskill P, Lazarus R, Baur LA. Sociodemographic distribution of measures of body
fatness among children and adolescents in New South Wales, Australia. Int J Obesity 1999; 23: 456462.
33.
Garnett S, Cowell CT, Bradford D, Lee J, Tao C, Petrauskas V, Fay R, Baur LA. Effects of gender, body
composition and birth size on IGF-1 in 7 and 8 year old children. Hormone Research 1999; 52:221-9.
34.
Baur LA, O’Connor J, Pan DA, Wu BJ, Storlien LH. Relationships between fatty acid composition of
muscle and erythrocyte membrane phospholipid in young children and the effect of type of infant
feeding. Lipids 2000; 35:77-82.
35.
Russell JD, Baur LA, Beumont PV, Byrnes S, Gross G, Touyz S, Abrahams S, Zipfel S. Altered energy
metabolism in anorexia nervosa. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2001: 26: 51-63.
36.
Prasad S, Baur LA. Fracture of the first rib as a consequence of pertussis infection. J Paediatr Child
Health 2001; 37:91-3.
37.
Ward JA, Ashley M, Kemp A, Baur LA, Thompson CH. Skeletal muscle cell lipid and oxygen supply.
Metabolism 2001; 50:380-381.
38.
Ball E, O’Connor J, Abbott R, Steinbeck KS, Davies PSW, Wishart C, Gaskin KJ, Baur LA. Total energy
expenditure, body fatness and physical activity in children aged 6 – 9 years. Am J Clin Nutr 2001; 74:
524-8. Abstracted in 2002 Year Book of Sports Medicine, Nieman D (ed), Mosby-Year Book Inc, St
Louis, USA.
39.
Dowling AM, Steele JR, Baur LA. Does obesity influence foot structure and plantar pressure
patterns in prepubescent children? Int J Obesity, 2001; 25:845-52.
40.
O’Connor J, Ball EJ, Steinbeck KS, Davies PSW, Wishart C, Gaskin KJ, Baur LA. A comparison of total
energy expenditure and energy intake in children aged 6 – 9 years. Am J Clin Nutr 2001; 74:643-649
41.
Kerruish KP, O’Connor J, Humphries IRJ, Kohn KR, Clarke SD, Briody JN, Thomson EJ, Wright KA,
Gaskin KJ, Baur LA. Body composition in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Am J Clin Nutr, 2002;
75: 31-37.
42.
Steinbeck KS, Bermingham M, Mahajan D, Baur LA. Low-density lipoprotein sub-classes in children
under 10 years of age. J Paediatr Child Health 2001; 37: 550-553.
43.
Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Baur LA, Fay RA, Lee J, Coakley J, Peat JK, Boulton TJ. Abdominal fat and
birth size in healthy prepubertal children. Int J Obesity 2001; 25: 1667-1673.
44.
Ashley MA, Buckley AJ, Criss AL, Ward J, Kemp A, Garnett S, Cowell C, Baur LA, Thompson CH.
Determinants of intramyocellular lipid levels in prepubertal males. Pediatr Res 2002; 51: 81–86.
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45.
de la Eva RC, Baur LA, Donaghue K, Waters KA. Metabolic correlates with obstructive sleep apnea. J
Pediatr 2002; 140: 654-659. Note accompanying editorial.
46.
Abbott RA, Ball EJ, O’Connor J, Steinbeck KS, Gaskin KJ, Baur LA, Davies PSW. The use of body mass
index to predict body composition in children. Ann Hum Biol 2002; 29:619-626.
47.
Arrowsmith FE, Ward J, Rooney K, Kriketos AD, Baur LA, Thompson CH. Body fatness, insulin
sensitivity and muscle oxygen supply in adolescents. Clin Sci 2002; 103:391-396.
48.
Arrowsmith FE, Ward JA, Ling AH, Rooney K, Baur LA, Thompson CH. Fetal nutrition and muscle
oxygen supply. Metabolism 2002; 51:1569-72.
49.
Allen JR, McCaulay JC, Selby AM, Waters DL, Gruca MA, Baur LA, van Asperen P, Gaskin KJ.
Differences in resting energy expenditure between male and female children with cystic fibrosis. J
Pediatr 2003; 142:15-19. Note accompanying editorial.
50.
O’Connor J, Ball EJ, Steinbeck KS, Davies PSW, Wishart C, Gaskin KJ, Baur LA. Measuring physical
activity in children: comparison of doubly labeled water, a physical activity questionnaire, the
Tritrac-R3D accelerometer, and an activity diary. Pediatr Ex Sci 2003; 15:202-215.
51.
Denney-Wilson E, Booth ML, Baur LA. Development of the Australian standard definition of
child/adolescent overweight and obesity: process and consultation. Nutr & Diet 2003; 60:105-108.
52.
Bogaert N, Steinbeck KSS, Baur LA, Brock K, Bermingham M. Food, activity and family –
environmental versus biochemical predictors of weight gain. Eur J Clin Nutr 2003; 57 (10):12421249.
53.
Ling AH, Donaghue KC, Howard NJ, Arrowsmith FE, Ward JA, Baur LA, Thompson CH.
Intramyocellular lipid and muscle oxygen supply in prepubertal type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes
2003; 4:126-131.
54.
O’Connor J, Youde LS, Allen JR, Baur LA. Obesity and under-nutrition in a tertiary paediatric
hospital. J Paediatr Ch Health 2004; 40:299-304.
55.
O’Connor J, Youde LS, Allen JR, Hanson R, Baur LA. Outcomes of a nutrition audit in a tertiary
paediatric hospital: implications for service improvement. J Paediatr Ch Health 2004; 40:295-298.
56.
Dowling AM, Steele JR, Baur LA. Can static plantar pressures of prepubertal children be predicted
by inked footprints? J Am Podiatric Med Assoc 2004; 94:429-433.
57.
Garnett SP, Hoegler W, Cowell CT, Baur LA, Peat J, Lee J. Relation between hormones and body
composition, including bone, in prepubertal children. Am J Clin Nutr 2004; 80:966-972.
58.
Dowling AM, Steele JR, Baur LA. What are the effects of obesity in children on plantar pressure
distributions? Int J Obesity and Related Metabolic Research 2004; 28:1514-1519.
59.
Patradoon-Ho P, Scheinberg A, Baur LA. Obesity in children and adolescents with acquired brain
injury. Pediatr Rehab 2005; 8:303-308.
60.
Lobstein T, Baur LA. Policies to prevent childhood obesity in the European Union. Eur J Publ Health
2005; 15:576-579
61.
Carver A, Salmon J, Campbell K, Baur LA, Garnett S, Crawford D. How do perceptions of local
neighborhood relate to adolescents’ walking and cycling? Am J Health Promotion 2005; 20:139-147.
62.
Shrewsbury VA, Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Crawford D, Baur LA. Mothers’ weight and waist change
over five years: the Nepean Study. ANZ J Pub Health 2005; 29: 183-6
63.
McCallum Z, Wake M, Gerner B, Harris C, Gibbons K, Gunn J, Waters E, Baur LA. LEAP (Live, Eat and
Play): Can Australian general practitioners tackle childhood overweight/obesity? - Methods and
processes from the LEAP (Live, Eat And Play) randomised controlled trial. J Paediatr Ch Health 2005;
41: 488-494.
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64.
Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Baur LA, Shrewsbury VA, Chan A, Crawford D, Salmon J, Campbell K, Boulton
TJC. Increasing central adiposity: the Nepean longitudinal study of young people aged 7-8 to 12-13
years. Int J Obesity 2005; 29: 1353-1360.
65.
Timperio A, Ball K, Salmon J, Roberts R, Giles-Corti B, Simmons D, Baur LA, Crawford D. Personal,
family, social and environmental correlates of active commuting to school. Am J Prev Med 2006;
30:45-51.
66.
Steinbeck KS, Baur LA, Morris AM, Ghersi D. A proposed protocol for the development of a register
of trials of weight management of childhood overweight and obesity. Int J Obesity 2006; 30:2-5.
67.
Golley RK, Magarey AM, Steinbeck KS, Baur LA, Daniels LA. Comparison of metabolic syndrome
prevalence using six different definitions in overweight pre-pubertal children enrolled in a weight
management study. Int J Obesity, 2006; 30:853–860.
68.
Riddiford-Harland DL, Baur LA, Steele JR. Functional strength and power: Is this compromised in
obese children? Int J Pediatr Obesity 2006; 1:42-49.
69.
Tam C, Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Campbell K, Cabrera G, Baur LA. Soft drink consumption and excess
weight gain in Australian school students: Results from the Nepean study. Int J Obesity 2006;
30:1091-3.
70.
Srinivasan S, Ambler GR, Baur LA, Garnett SP, Tepsa M, Yap F, Ward GM, Cowell, CT. Randomized
controlled trial of metformin for obesity and insulin resistance in children and adolescents improvement in body composition and fasting insulin. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006; 91:2074-2080.
71.
O’Brien LM, Sitha S, Baur LA, Waters KA. Obesity increases the risk for persisting obstructive sleep
apnea after treatment in children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2006; 70:1555-1560.
72.
Hardy LL, Baur LA, Garnett SP, Crawford D, Campbell K, Shrewsbury VA, Cowell CT, Salmon J. Family
and home correlates of television viewing in 12-13 year old adolescents: The Nepean Study. Int J
Behav Nutr Phys Activity 2006, 3:24 (http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/3/1/24).
73.
Tam C, Garnett SP, Baur LA, de Zegher F, Cowell CT. Opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal
growth on the timing of menarche. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006; 91:4369-4379.
74.
Golley RK, Magarey AM, Baur LA, Steinbeck KS, Daniels LA. Twelve-month effectiveness of a parentled, family focused weight management program for pre-pubertal children - a randomized
controlled trial. Pediatrics 2007; 119:517-525.
75.
Jones RA, Okely AD, Collins CE, Morgan PJ, Steele JR, Warren JM, Baur LA, Cliff DP, Burrows T, Cleary
J. The HIKCUPS Trial: A multi-site randomized controlled trial of a combined physical activity skilldevelopment and dietary modification program in overweight and obese children. BMC Public
Health 2007; 7:15 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/15)
76.
McCallum Z, Wake M, Gerner B, Baur LA, Gibbons K, Gold L, Gunn J, Harris C, Naughton G, Riess C,
Sanci L, Sheehan J, Ukoumunne O, Waters E. Outcome data from the LEAP (Live, Eat And Play) trial:
a randomised controlled trial of a primary care intervention for childhood overweight / mild obesity.
Int J Obesity 2007; 31: 630-636.
77.
Warren JM, Golley RK, Collins CE, Okely AD, Jones RA, Morgan PJ, Perry RA, Baur LA, Steele JR,
Magarey AM. Randomised controlled trials in overweight children: practicalities and realities. Int J
Pediatr Obesity 2007; 2:73-85.
78.
Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Wardle K, Alperstein G, Simpson JM. Early intervention of multiple home
visits to prevent childhood obesity in a disadvantaged population: a home-based randomised
controlled trial (Healthy Beginnings Trial). BMC Public Health, 2007; 7:76
(http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/76)
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79.
Campbell KJ, Crawford DA, Salmon J, Carver A, Garnett SP, Boulton J, Baur LA. Associations
between the home food environment and obesity-promoting eating behaviours in adolescence.
Obesity 2007, 15:719-730.
80.
Garnett SP, Baur LA, Srinivasan S, Lee J, Cowell CT. Body mass index and waist circumference in mid
childhood and adverse cardiovascular risk clustering in adolescence. Am J Clin Nutr, 2007; 86:549555.
81.
Waters KA, Mast BT, Vella S, de la Eva R, O’Brien L, Bailey S, Tam CS, Wong M, Baur LA. Structural
equation modeling of sleep apnea, inflammation and metabolic dysfunction in children. J Sleep Res
2007; 16:388-395.
82.
Riddiford-Harland DL, Steele JR, Baur LA. The use of ultrasound imaging to measure midfoot plantar
fat pad thickness in children. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2007; 37:644-7.
83.
Thomas DE, Elliot EJ, Baur LA. Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and
obesity (review ID: 0009-04). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 3. (note: 4th
most frequently accessed Cochrane Review in 2007)
84.
De S, Small J, Baur LA. Overweight and obesity among children with developmental disabilities. J
Intellect Develop Disabilities 2008; 33:43-47.
85.
O’Connor J, Steinbeck KA, Hill AJ, Booth ML, Kohn MR, Shah S, Baur LA. Evaluation of a communitybased weight management program for overweight and obese adolescents: the Loozit study. J Nutr
Diet 2008; 65:121-127.
86.
Spilchak P, Denney-Wilson E, King L, Baur LA. Tertiary paediatric obesity services in Australia. J
Paediatr Ch Health 2008; 44:237-313.
87.
Denney-Wilson E, Hardy LL, Dobbins T, Okely AD, Baur LA. BMI, waist circumference and chronic
disease risk factors in Australian adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 2008; 162:566-573.
88.
Katzmarzyk PT, Baur LA, Blair SN, Lambert EV, Oppert J-M, Riddoch C, for the International
Association for the Study of Obesity Physical Activity Task Force and the Conference Speaker Panel.
International Conference on Physical Activity and Obesity in Children: Summary Statement and
Recommendations. Published simultaneously in: Int J Pediatr Obesity 2008; 3:3-21 AND Appl Physiol
Nutr Metab, 2008; 33:371-388.
89.
Timperio A, Salmon J, Ball K, Baur LA, Telford A, Jackson M, Salmon L, Crawford D. Family physical
activity and sedentary environments and weight change in children. Int J Pediatr Obesity 2008;
3:160-167.
90.
Crawford, D., Timperio, A., Salmon, J., Baur, L., Giles-Corti, B., Roberts, R., Jackson, M.,
Andrianopoulos, N., Ball, K. Neighbourhood fast food outlets and obesity in children and adults: the
CLAN Study. Int J Pediatr Obesity 2008; 3:249-256.
91.
Cretikos MA, Valento L, Britt HC, Baur LA. General practice management of overweight and obesity
in children and adolescents in Australia. Medical Care 2008; 46:1163-1169.
92.
Garnett SP, Baur LA, Cowell CT. Waist to height ratio: a simple option for determining excess central
adiposity in young people. Int J Obes 2008; 32, 1028-1030.
93.
Swinburn B, Sacks G, Lobstein T, Rigby N, Baur LA, Brownell KD, Gill T, Seidell J, Kumanyika S. The
'Sydney Principles' for reducing the commercial promotion of foods and beverages to children.
Public Health Nutrition 2008; 11:881-886.
94.
Li M, Li S, Baur LA, Huxley RR. A systematic review of school-based intervention studies for the
prevention or reduction of excess weight among Chinese children and adolescents. Obesity Reviews
2008; 9:548-559.
95.
Burrows T, Warren JM, Baur LA, Collins CE. Impact of a child obesity intervention on dietary intake
and behaviours. Int J Obesity 2008; 32:1481-1488.
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96.
Cleland V, Crawford D, Baur LA, Hume C, Timperio A, Salmon J. A prospective examination of
children’s time spent outdoors, objectively measured physical activity and overweight. Int J Obesity,
2008; 32, 1685–1693.
97.
Dwyer GM, Higgs J, Hardy LL, Baur LA. What do parents and preschool staff tell us about young
children's physical activity: a qualitative study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity 2008; 5:66.
(http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/5/1/66)
98.
Morgan PJ, Okely AD, Cliff DP, Jones RA, Baur LA. Correlates of measured physical activity in obese
children. Obesity 2008; 16:2634-41
99.
Oude Luttikhuis H, Baur L, Jansen H, Shrewsbury VA, O’Malley C, Stolk RP, Summerbell CD.
Interventions for treating obesity in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue
1. Art. No.: CD001872. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001872.pub2. Summarised in: Evidence-Based
Child Health: A Cochrane Review Journal 2009; 4.
100.
Alexander SM, Baur LA, Magnusson R, Tobin B. When does severe childhood obesity become a child
protection issue? Med J Aust 2009; 190:136-139.
101.
Gill TP, Baur LA, Bauman AE, Steinbeck KS, Storlien LH, Fiatarone Singh MA, Brand-Miller J, Colagiuri
S, Caterson ID. Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants
population-wide prevention programs. MJA 2009; 190:146-148.
102.
Dwyer G, Baur LA, Higgs J, Hardy LL. Promoting children’s health and wellbeing: a new perspective
on physical activity. Physical Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009; 29 (1):27-43. (note: subject of
the editorial)
103.
Dwyer G., Baur L., Hardy L. The challenge of understanding and assessing physical activity in
preschool-age children: Thinking beyond the framework of intensity, duration and frequency of
activity. J Sci Med Sport. 2009; 12:534-6.
104.
Steinbeck K, Baur L, Cowell C, Pietrobelli A. Clinical research in adolescents: Challenges and
opportunities, using obesity as a model. Int J Obesity 2009; 33:2-7.
105.
Shrewsbury VA, O’Connor J, Steinbeck KS, Stevenson K, Lee A, Hill AJ, Kohn MR, Shah S, Torvaldsen
S, Baur LA. A randomised controlled trial of a community-based healthy lifestyle program for
overweight and obese adolescents: the Loozit study protocol. BMC Public Health 2009, 9:119
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106.
Wake M, Baur LA, Gerner B, Gibbons K, Gold L, Gunn J, Levickis P, McCallum Z, Naughton G, Sanci L,
Ujouminne OC. Outcomes and costs of primary care surveillance and intervention for
overweight/obese children: The LEAP 2 trial. BMJ 2009; 339:b3308.
107.
Tam C, Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Heilbronn LK, Lee JW, Wong M, Baur LA. IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 levels in
healthy weight and overweight children. Hormone Res 2010; 73:128-134
108.
Czernichow S, Lee CMY, Barzi F, Greenfield J, Baur LA, Chalmers J, Woodward M, Huxley RR. Efficacy
of weight-loss drugs on obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in obese adolescents: a meta-analysis
of randomised controlled trials. Obesity Reviews 2010; 11:150-158.
109.
Hattersley L, Howlett SA, King LA, Shrewsbury VA, Hardy LL, Baur LA. Adolescent-parent interactions
and attitudes around screen time and sugary drink consumption: a qualitative study. Int J Behav
Nutr Phys Activity 2009; 6:61. Available at: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/6/1/61
110.
Cleland V, Hume C, Crawford D, Timperio A, Hesketh K, Baur LA, Welch N, Salmon J, Ball K. Urbanrural comparison of weight status among women and children living in socioeconomically
disadvantaged neighbourhoods. MJA 2010; 192:137-140.
111.
Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Alperstein G, Simpson JM. Intention to breastfeed and awareness of
health recommendations: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. Int
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Breastfeeding J 2009, 4:9. Available at:
http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/4/1/9
112.
Wen LM, Flood VM, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Baur LA. Dietary behaviours during pregnancy: findings
from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity, 2010; 7:13.
Available at: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/7/1/13
113.
Shrewsbury V, King LA, Hattersley L, Howlett S, Hardy LL, Baur LA. Adolescent-parent interactions
and communication preferences regarding body weight and weight management: a qualitative
study. Int J Behav Nur Phys Activity 2010, 7:16. Available at: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/7/1/16
114.
Relf BL, Larkin EK, de Torrs C, Baur LA, Christodoulou J, Waters KA. Genomewide linkage of
obstructive sleep apnea and high density lipoprotein cholesterol in a Filipino family. J Sleep Res
2010; 19:349-357.
115.
Quinn SM, Baur LA, Garnett SP, Cowell CT. Treatment of clinical insulin resistance in children: a
systematic review. Obesity Reviews 2010; 11:722-730
116.
Wen LM, Baur LA, Simpson JM, Rissel C. Mothers’ awareness of their weight status and concern
about their children being overweight: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney. ANZ J
Public Health 2010; 34:293-297.
117.
Cleland V, Crawford D, Baur LA, Hume C, Timperio A, Salmon J. Predictors of time spent outdoors
among children: a five-year longitudinal findings. J Epidem Comm Health 2010; 64:400-406.
118.
Crawford D, Cleland V, Timperio A, Salmon J, Andrianopoulos N, Roberts R, Giles-Corti B, Baur L, Ball
K. The longitudinal influence of home and neighbourhood environments on children's body mass
index and physical activity over 5 years : the CLAN study. Int J Obesity 2010; 34:1177-1187.
119.
Gill TJ, Baur LA, King L. Head to Head article. Public health should focus on physical inactivity rather
than obesity. No. BMJ 2010; 340:c2602.
120.
Okely AD, Collins CE, Morgan PJ, Jones RA, Warren JM, Cliff DP, Burrows T, Colyvas K, Steele JR, Baur
LA. Multi-site randomized controlled trial of a child-centred physical activity program, a parentcentred dietary-modification program, or both in obese children: The HIKCUPS study. J Pediatr 2010;
157:388-394. Published with an accompanying editorial.
121.
Hardy LH, Denney-Wilson E, Thrift A, Okely AD, Baur LA. Screen time and metabolic risk factors
among adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 2010; 164:643-649.
122.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Wang JJ, Teber E, Liew G, Cheung N, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Blood pressure is
associated with retinal vessel signs in pre-adolescent children. J Hypertension 2010; 28:1406-1412.
123.
Jones RA, Warren JM, Okely AD, Collins CE, Morgan PJ, Cliff DP, Burrows T, Cleary J, Baur LA. Process
evaluation of the HIKCUPS study: a multi-site randomised controlled trial for the management of
child obesity. Health Promotion Practice 2010; 11:917-927.
124.
Garnett SP, Baur LA, Noakes M, Steinbeck K, Woodhead HJ, Burrell S, Chisholm K, Broderick CR,
Parker R, De S, Srinivasan S, Hopley L, Hendie G, Ambler GR, Kohn MR, Cowell CT. Researching
Effective Strategies to Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Teenagers - RESIST. A randomised
control trial investigating the effects of two different diets on insulin sensitivity in young people with
insulin resistance and/or pre-diabetes. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:575. Available at:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/575
125.
Kornman KP, Shrewsbury VA, Chou AC, Nguyen B, Lee A, O’Connor J, Steinbeck KS, Hill AJ, Kohn MR,
Shah S, Baur LA. Electronic therapeutic contact for adolescent weight management: The Loozit®
Study. Telemedicine and e-Health 2010; 16:678-685.
126.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, King L, Chapman K, Smith BJ. Examining opportunities for healthy
eating promotion at children’s sports clubs. ANZ J Publ Health 2010; 34:583-8.
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127.
Ouellette-Kuntz H, Brown HK, Baur L, Davis R, Emerson E, Kerr M, Meijer M, O’Hara D, Proulx R,
Perry J, Small S, Van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk H. Using a knowledge translation lens to
develop international collaborations to improve the health of individuals with intellectual
disabilities. J Policy Practice Intellect Disab 2010; 7:278-282.
128.
Kelly B, Baur, LA, Bauman AE, King L, Chapman K, Smith BJ. Food and drink sponsorship of children’s
sport: who pays? Health Prom Int 2011; 26:188-95. Available at:
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129.
Baur LA, Fitzgerald DA. Recommendations for bariatric surgery in adolescents in Australia and New
Zealand. J Paediatr Ch Health 2010; 46:704-707. And further presented as: Dixon JB, Fitzgerald D,
Kow L, Bailey D, Baur LA. Adolescent bariatric surgery: ANZ guidance and recommendations. ANZ J
Surg 2011; 81:854-855.
130.
Askie LM, Baur LA, Campbell K, Daniels LA, Hesketh K, Magarey A, Mirshahi S, Rissel C, Simes J,
Taylor B, Taylor R, Voysey M, Wen LM for the EPOCH Collaboration. Study protocol: The Early
Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) Collaboration - an Individual Patient Data prospective
meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:728. Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/14712458/10/728
131.
Shrewsbury VA, Nguyen B, O’Connor J, Steinbeck KS, Lee A, Hill AJ, Shah S, Kohn M, Torvaldsen S,
Baur LA. Short-term outcomes of community-based adolescent weight management: The Loozit
Study. BMC Pediatrics 2011; 11:13. Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/11/13
132.
Wen LM, Rissel C, Lee E, Baur LA, Simpson JM. Maternal smoking, weight status and dietary
behaviours during pregnancy: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. ANZ J
Obstet Gynaecol 2011; 51:31-37.
133.
Cliff D, Okely AD, Morgan PJ, Steele JR, Jones RA, Colyvas K, Baur LA. Movement skills and physical
activity in obese children: randomized controlled trial. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2011; 43: 90-100.
134.
Carter SM, Rychetnik L, Lloyd B, Kerridge IH, Baur LA, Bauman A, Hooker C, Zask A.A framework for
health promotion: evidence, ethics and values. Am J Publ Health 2011; 101:465-72.
135.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Teber E, Liew G, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Effect of obesity on retinal vascular
structure in pre-adolescent children. Int J Pediatr Obesity 2011; 6:e353-9.
136.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, Smith B, Shaimaa S, King L, Chapman K. Role modelling unhealthy
behaviours: food and drink sponsorship of peak sporting organisations Health Prom J Aust 2011;
22:72-75.
137.
Sargent GM, Pilotto LS, Baur LA. Systematic review of interventions to address childhood
overweight and obesity through primary care: implications for general practice. Obesity Reviews
2011; 12:e219-e235.
138.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Wang JJ, Teber E, Liew G, Cheung N, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Smaller birth size is
associated with narrower retinal arterioles in early adolescence. Microcirculation 2010; 17:660-668.
139.
Wen LM, Simpson JM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Flood VM. Family functioning and obesity risk behaviors:
implications for early obesity intervention. Obesity 2011; 19:1252-1258.
140.
Magarey AM, Perry RA, Baur L, Steinbeck KS, Sawyer M, Hills AP, Wilson G, Lee A, Daniels LA. A
parent-led family-focused treatment program for overweight 5-9 year olds: the PEACH RCT.
Pediatrics 2011;127:214-22.
141.
Collins CE, Okely AD, Morgan PJ, Jones RA, Burrows TL, Cliff DP, Colyvas K, Warren JM, Steele JR,
Baur LA. Parent-centered diet modification, child-centered activity or both in obese children: an
RCT. Pediatrics 2011; 127:619-627.
142.
Riddiford-Harland DL, Steele JR, Baur LA. Are the feet of obese children fat or flat? Revisiting the
debate. Int J Obesity 2011, 35:115-120.
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143.
Riddiford-Harland DL, Steele JR, Baur LA. Medial midfoot fat pad thickness and plantar pressures:
are these related in children? Int J Pediatr Obesity 2011; 6:261-264.
144.
Wen LM, Baur LA, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Flood VM. Effectiveness of an early intervention on infant
feeding practices and "tummy time": randomised controlled trial. Arch Pediatr Adol Med 2011;
165:701-707.
145.
Dwyer GM, Hardy LH, Peat JK, Baur LA The validity and reliability of a preschool-age physical
activity questionnaire (Pre-PAQ). Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity 2011, 8:86. Available at:
http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/8/1/86
146.
Bundy A, Naughton G, Tranter P, Wyver S, Baur L, Schiller W, Bauman A, Engelen L, Ragen J, Luckett
T, Niehues A, Stewart G, Jessup G, Brentnall J. The Sydney Playground Project: Popping the
bubblewrap - unleashing the power of play: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a primary school
playground-based intervention aiming to increase children's physical activity and social skills BMC
Public Health 2011, 11:680. Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/680
147.
Wen LM, Rissel C, Baur LA, Lee E, Simpson JM. Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health
information? Findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney, Australia. Int J Medical
Informatics 2011; 80:406-411.
148.
Tam CS, Heilbronn LK, Henegar C, Wong M, Cowell CT, Cowley MJ, Kaplan W, Clément K, Baur LA.
An early inflammatory gene profile in visceral adipose tissue in children. Int J Pediatr Obesity,
2011;6:e360-363.
149.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Wang JJ, Hardy LH, Teber E, Kifley A, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Influence of physical
activity and screen time on the retinal microvasculature in young children. Arteriosclerosis
Thrombosis Vascular Biol 2011; 31:1233-1239.
150.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Garnett S, Pfund N, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P. Body mass index and waist
circumference are associated with blood pressure in preschool-aged children. Ann Epidemiol 2011;
21:351-357.
151.
Shrewsbury VA, Steinbeck KS, Torvaldsen S, Baur LA. The role of parents in pre-adolescent and
adolescent weight management: a systematic review of clinical recommendations. Obesity Reviews
2011; 12:759–769.
152.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, King L. Tobacco and alcohol sponsorship of sporting events provide
insights about how food and beverage sponsorship may affect children’s health. Health Prom J Aust
2011; 22:91-96.
153.
Garnett SP, Baur LA, Cowell CT. The prevalence of increased central adiposity in Australian school
children 1985 to 2007. Obesity Reviews 2011; 12:887-896.
154.
McPhie S, Skouteris H, McCabe M, Ricciardelli L, Milgrom J, Baur L, Aksan N, Dell’ Aquila D. Maternal
parental correlates of preschool child eating behaviours and body mass index: A cross-sectional
study. Int J Pediatr Obesity, 2011; 6:476-480.
155.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, King L, Chapman C, Smith BJ. "Food company sponsors are kind,
generous and cool": (Mis)conceptions of junior sports players. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity 2011,
8:95. Available at: http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/8/1/95
156.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Hardy LH, Wang JJ, Teber E, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Parental history of
hypertension is associated with narrower retinal arteriolar caliber in young girls. Hypertension
2011; 58:425-30.
157.
Crawford DA, Ball K, Cleland VJ, Campbell KJ, Timperio AF, Abbott G, Brug J, Baur LA, Salmon JA.
Home and neighbourhood correlates of BMI among children living in socioeconomically
disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Br J Nutr 2012; 107:1028-1036.
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158.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Hardy L, Kifley A, Rose KA, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Relationship between a range
of sedentary behaviors and blood pressure during early adolescence. J Hum Hypertension 2012;
26:350-6.
159.
Cliff D, Okely AD, Morgan PJ, Jones RA, Steele JR, Baur LA. Proficiency deficiency: Mastery of
fundamental movement skills and skill components in overweight and obese children. Obesity 2012;
20:1024–1033.
160.
Nguyen B, Shrewsbury VA, O’Connor J, Steinbeck KS, Lee A, Hill AJ, Shah S, Kohn MR, Baur LA.
Twelve month outcomes of the Loozit randomized controlled trial: a community-based healthy
lifestyle program for overweight and obese adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2012; 166:170177.
161.
Nguyen B, McGregor K, O’Connor J, Shrewsbury VA, Lee A, Steinbeck KS, Hill AJ, Shah S, Kohn MR,
Baur LA. Recruitment challenges and recommendations for adolescent obesity trials. J Paediatr Ch
Health 2012; 48:38-43.
162.
Scully M, Wakefield M, Niven P, Chapman K, Crawford D, Pratt IS, Baur LA, Flood V, Morely B,
NaSSDA Study Team. Association between food marketing exposure and adolescents’ food choices
and eating behaviors. Appetite 2012; 58:1-5.
163.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, King L, Chapman C, Smith BJ. Restricting unhealthy food sponsorship:
attitudes of the sporting community. Health Policy 2012; 104:288-295.
164.
Wen LM, Baur LA, Rissel C, Flood V, Simpson JM, Hayes A, Hardy LL, Wardle K. Healthy Beginnings
Trial Phase 2 study: Follow-up and cost-effectiveness analysis. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2012;
33:396-401.
165.
Skouteris H, Dell’Aquila D, Baur LA, Dwyer G, McCabe MP, Riccardelli LA, Fuller Tyszkiewicz M.
Physical activity guidelines for preschoolers: a call for research to inform public health policy. MJA,
2012; 196:174-177
166.
Morely BC, Scully ML, Niven PH, Okely AD, Baur LA, Pratt IS, Wakefield MA, NaSSDA Study Team.
What factors are associated with excess body weight in Australian secondary school students? MJA
2012; 196:189-192.
167.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Burlutsky G, Robaei D, Mitchell P. Socio-economic, familial and perinatal
factors associated with obesity in Sydney schoolchildren. J Paediatr Ch Health 2012; 48:44-51.
168.
Gopinath B, Hardy LH, Baur LA, Teber E, Mitchell P. Influence of parental history of hypertension on
screen time and physical activity in young offspring. J Hypertension 2012; 30:336-41.
169.
Rissel C, Laws R, Milat A, St George A, Hector D, Baur LA. Research to practice: Application of an
evidence building framework to a childhood obesity prevention initiative in New South Wales,
Australia. Health Prom J Aust 2012; 23:16-24. (Note: Awarded Special Commendation from the
Australian Health Promotion Association)
170.
Wen LM, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Baur LA. Awareness of breastfeeding recommendations and
duration of breastfeeding: findings from Healthy Beginnings Trial. Breastfeeding Medicine 2012;
7:223-9.
171.
Tam CS, Tordjman J, Divoux A, Baur LA, Clément K. Adipose tissue remodeling in children: the link
between collagen deposition and age-related adipocyte growth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012;
97:1320-7.
172.
Gopinath B, Subramaniam I, Flood VF, Baur LA, Pfund N, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P. Relationship
between breastfeeding and adiposity in infants and preschool-aged children. Public Health Nutr
2012; 15:1639-44.
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173.
Demir D, Skoputeris H, Dell-Aquila D, Aksan N, McCabe MP, Ricciardelli LA, Milgom J, Baur LA. An
observational approach to testing bi-directional parent-child interactions as influential to child
eating and weight. Early Child Development and Care 2012; 182:943-950.
174.
McPhie, Skouteris H, Fuller-Tyskiewicz M, McCabe M, Ricciardelli LA, Milgrom J, Baur LA, Dell-Aquila
D. Maternal predictors of preschool child eating behaviours, food intake and body mass index: A
prospective study. Early Child Development and Care 2012; 182: 999-1014.
175.
Gopinath B, Hardy LH, Baur LA, Burlutsky, Mitchell P. Physical activity and sedentary behaviors and
health-related quality of life in adolescents. Pediatrics 2012; 130:e167-174.
176.
Gopinath B, Flood VM, Rochtina E, Baur LA, Smith W, Mitchell P. Influence of high glycemic index
and glycemic load diets on blood pressure during adolescence. Hypertension 2012; 59:1272-7.
177.
Wen LM, Baur LA, Simpson JM, Rissel C, Wardle K, Flood VM. Effectiveness of a home-based early
intervention on children’s BMI at age two years: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2012; 344:e3732.
Correction published: http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3732?tab=responses
178.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, King L, Chapman K, Smith B. Views of children and parents on limiting
unhealthy food, drink and alcohol sponsorship of elite and children's sports. Public Health Nutr
2013; 16:130-5.
179.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P. Differences in association between birth parameters
and blood pressure in children from preschool to high school. J Human Hypertension 2013; 27:7984.
180.
Nguyen T, Shrewsbury VA, O’Connor J, Steinbeck KS, Hill AJ, Shah S, Kohn MR, Baur LA. Two-year
outcomes of an adjunctive telephone coaching and electronic contact intervention for adolescent
weight-loss maintenance: the Loozit randomized controlled trial. Int J Obesity 2013; 37:468-72.
181.
Cliff DP, Okely AD, Burrows T, Jones RA, Morgan PJ, Collins CE, Baur LA. Objectively measured
sedentary behavior, physical activity and plasma lipids in overweight and obese children. Obesity
2013; 21:382-5
182.
Wake M, Campbell MW, Turner M, Price A, Sabin MA, Davis E, Baur LA. How training affects
paediatricians’ management of obesity: Australian national survey linked with prospective practice
audit. Arch Dis Child 2013; 98:3–8 (note the accompanying editorial)
183.
Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C, Baur LA. Smoking status and factors associated with smoking of first-time
mothers during pregnancy and postpartum: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Matern Child
Health J 2013; 17:1151-1157.
184.
Hardy LL, Cosgrove C, King L, Venugopal K, Baur LA, Gill T. Shifting curves? Trends in thinness and
obesity among Australian youth, 1985 to 2010. Pediatr Obes 2012; 7:92-100
185.
Ho M, Garnett SP, Baur L, Burrows T, Stewart L, Neve M, Collins C. Effectiveness of lifestyle
interventions in overweight children: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Pediatrics,
2012; 130:e1647-e1671.
186.
Shrewsbury VA, Garnett SP, Campbell K, Carver A, Torvaldsen S, Steinbeck KS, Cowell CT, Baur LA.
Maternal misconceptions of weight status among Nepean adolescents. J Acad Nutr Diet 2012;
112:2007-2013.
187.
Morley B, Scully M, Niven P, Baur LA, Crawford DA, Flood V, Okely AD, Pratt IS, Salmon J, Wakefield
M. Prevalence and socio-demographic distribution of eating, physical activity and sedentary
behaviours among Australian adolescents. Health Prom J Aust 2012; 23: 213-8.
188.
Poulton A, Briody J, McCorquodale T, Melzer E, Herrmann M, Baur LA, Duque G. Weight loss on
stimulant medication: how does it affect body composition and bone metabolism? A prospective
longitudinal study. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol 2012(1):30. doi: 10.1186/1687-9856-2012-30
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189.
Gopinath B, Hardy LH, Baur LA, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P. Birth weight and time spent in outdoor
physical activity during adolescence. Med Sci Sport Exerc 2013; 45:475-80.
190.
Ball K, Cleland V, Salmon J, Timperio A, McNaughton S, Thornton L, Campbell K, Jackson M, Baur LA,
Mishra G, Brug J, Jeffery R, King A, Kawachi I, Crawford D. Cohort Profile: The Resilience for Eating
and Activity Despite Inequality (READI) study. Int J Epidemiol 2012; doi:10.1093/ije/dys1652.
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191.
Poulton A, Melzer E, Tait P, Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Baur LA, Clarke S. Growth and pubertal
development of adolescent boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on stimulant
medication. MJA 2013; 198:29-32.
192.
Wen LM, Simpson J, Rissel C and Baur LA. Maternal ‘junk food’ diet during pregnancy as a predictor
of high birthweight: findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Birth 2013; 40:46-51.
193.
Gopinath B, Baur LA, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P. Adiposity adversely influences quality of life among
adolescents. J Adol Health 2013; 52:649-653.
194.
Zipfel S, Mack I, Baur LA, Hebebrand J, Touyz S, Herzog W, Abraham S, Davies PSW, Russell J. Impact
of exercise on energy metabolism in anorexia nervosa. J Eating Disorders 2013; 1:37. Available at:
http://www.jeatdisord.com/content/1/1/37
195.
Ho M. Garnett SP, Baur LA, Burrows T, Stewart L, Neve M, Collins C. Impact of dietary and exercise
interventions on weight change and metabolic outcomes in obese children and adolescents: a
systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. JAMA Pediatr 2013. 2013
167:759-68. (Note: Published with an accompanying editorial)
196.
Gopinath B, Flood VM, Rochtchina E, Baur LA, Louie JCY, Smith W, Mitchell P. Carbohydrate nutrition
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197.
Flood VM, Wen LM, Hardy LL, Rissel C, Simpson J, Baur LA. Reliability and validity of a short food
frequency questionnaire for dietary habits of 2-5 year old children, Sydney, Australia. Pub Health
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Dixon H, Scully M, Niven P, Kelly B, Chapman K, Donovan R, Martin J, Baur L, Crawford D, Wakefield
M. Effects of nutrient content claims, sports celebrity endorsements and premium offers on preadolescent children's food preferences: experimental research. Pediatr Obesity 2013, doi:
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199.
Engelen L, Bundy A, Naughton G, Simpson JN, Bauman A, Ragen J, Baur L, Wyver S, Tranter P,
Niehues A, Schiller W, Perry G, Jessup G, van der Ploeg H. Increasing physical activity in young
primary school children - it's child's play: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Prev Med 2013;
56:319-25.
200.
Garnett SP, Dunkley M, Ho M, Baur LA, Noakes M, Woodhead HJ, Broderick CR, Burrell S, Chisholm
K, Halim J, De S, Steinbeck K, Srinivasan S, Ambler GR, Kohn MR, Cowell CT. Optimal macronutrient
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Xu H, Wen LM, Rissel C, Flood VM, Baur LA. Parenting style and dietary behaviour of young children:
Findings from the Healthy Beginnings Trial. Appetite 2013; 71:171-177. Available at:
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Kelly B, King L, Bauman AE, Baur LA, Macniven R, Chapman K, Smith BJ. Identifying important and
feasible policies and actions for health at community sports clubs: a consensus-generating
approach. J Sci Med Sport 2013 Mar 18. pii: S1440-2440(13)00043-1. doi:
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203.
Skilton M, Marks G, Ayer J, Garden F, Garnett S, Jason H, Leeder S, Toelle B, Webb K, Baur LA,
Celermajer D. Weight gain in infancy and vascular risk factors in later childhood. Pediatr 2013;131:
e1821.
204.
Taylor RW, Robinson A, Espinel PT, Baur LA, Wake M, Sabin MA. Research priorities in 2012 for the
effective management of childhood obesity. Clinical Obesity 2013, in press. Accepted for publication
18th March 2013.
205.
Graves L, Garnett SP, Cowell CT, Baur LA, Ness A, Sattar N, Lawlor DA. Waist to height ratio and
cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence: findings from a prospective birth cohort. Pediatr
Obesity 2013 Jul 25. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00192.x. [Epub ahead of print]
206.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE. Population estimates of Australian children's exposure to food and
beverage sponsorship of sports clubs Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. J Sci Med Sport
2013, in press. Accepted for publication 8th July 2013.
207.
Gopinath B, Louie JCY, Flood VM, Burlutsky G, Hardy LL, Baur LA, Mitchell P. Influence of obesogenic
behaviors on health-related quality of life in adolescents. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2013, in press.
Accepted for publication 15th September 2013.
208.
Gopinath B, Hardy LL, Kifley A, Baur LA, Mitchell P. Activity behaviors in schoolchildren and
subsequent 5-year change in blood pressure. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2013, in press. Accepted for
publication 16th September 2013.
Review articles in peer-reviewed journals
209.
Storlien LH, Pan DA, Kriketos DA, Baur LA. High-fat diet induced insulin resistance: lessons and
implications from animal studies. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 683: 82-90.
210.
Storlien LH, Baur LA, Kriketos AD, Pan DA, Campbell LV. Dietary fats and insulin action.
Diabetologia, 1996; 39:621-31.
211.
Storlien LH, Kriketos AD, Jenkins AB, Baur LA, Pan DA, Tapsell LC, Calvert GD. Does dietary fat
influence insulin action? Ann N Y Acad Sci 1997; 827: 287-301.
212.
Storlien LH, Kriketos AD, Calvert GD, Baur LA, Jenkins AB. Fatty acids, triglycerides and syndromes
of insulin resistance. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 1997; 827: 287-301.
213.
Baur LA. How do we define overweight and obesity in childhood? In: O’Connor HT, Eden BD (eds):
Recommendations for nutrition and physical activity for Australian children. Med J Aust 2000;
173(Suppl):S8-S9.
214.
Baur LA. Treatment of childhood obesity. Australian Prescriber 2003; 26:30-32.
215.
Proietto J, Baur LA. MJA Practice Essentials. Management of Obesity. Med J Aust 2003; 180:474480.
216.
Baur LA, O’Connor J. Special considerations in childhood and adolescent obesity. Clinics in
Dermatology 2004; 22:338-344.
217.
Lobstein T, Baur L, Uauy R. Obesity in children and young people: A crisis in public health. Report of
the International Obesity TaskForce Childhood Obesity Working Group. Obesity Reviews 2004; 5:4104.
218.
Fisberg M, Baur L, Chen W, Hoppin A, Koletzko B, Lau D, Moreno L, Nelson T, Strauss R, Uauy R.
Obesity in children and adolescents: Working group report of the Second World Congress of
Peditatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. J Pediatr Gastr Nutr 2004; 39:S678-687.
219.
Batch JA, Baur LA. MJA Practice Essentials. Management and prevention of obesity and its
complications in children and adolescents. Med J Aust 2005; 182:130-135.
220.
Denney-Wilson E, Baur LA. Adolescent obesity: making a difference to the epidemic. Int J Adol Med
and Health 2007; 19: 235-244.
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221.
Quak SH, Furnes R, Lavine J, Baur LA. Obesity in children and adolescents. J Paediatr Gastroenterol
Nutr 2008; 47:254-259.
222.
Soh N, Walter G, Baur LA, Collins CE. Nutrition, mood and behaviour: a review. Acta
Neuropsychiatrica 2009; 21:214-227.
223.
Tam CS, Clément K, Baur LA, Tordjman J. Obesity and low-grade inflammation: a paediatric
perspective. Obesity Reviews 2010; 11:118-126.
224.
Hills AP, Okely AD, Baur LA. Addressing childhood obesity by physical activity. Nature Rev
Endocrinol, 2010; 6:543-549.
225.
Nguyen B, Kornman KP, Baur LA. A review of electronic interventions for prevention and treatment
of overweight and obesity in young people. Obesity Reviews 2011;12: e298-e314.
226.
Skouteris H, McCabe M, Ricciardelli LA, Milgrom J, Baur LA, Aksan N, Dell-Aquila D. Parent–child
interactions and obesity prevention: a systematic review of the literature. Early Child Develop Care
2012; 182:153-174.
227.
Baur LA, Hazelton B, Shrewsbury VA. Assessment and management of obesity in childhood and
adolescence. Nature Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011; 8:635-45
228.
Fraser J, Skouteris H, McCabe M, Ricciardelli LA, Milgrom J, Baur LA. Parental influences on
children's weight gain: a systematic review. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice
about Men as Fathers. 2011; 9:252-267.
229.
Mitchell J, Skouteris H, McCabe M, Ricciardelli L, Milgrom J, Baur L, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M, Dwyer G.
Physical activity in preschool children: A systematic review of parental influences. Early Child
Development Care 2012; 182: 1411-1437.
230.
Khambalia AZ, Dickinson S, Hardy L, Gill T, Baur LA. A synthesis of existing systematic reviews and
meta-analyses of school-based behavioural interventions for controlling and preventing obesity.
Obesity Reviews 2012; 13:214-33.
Invited commentary
231.
Baur LA. Bodies and obesity. Perspectives article. Lancet 2009; 373:1837-1838.
232.
Baur LA. Changing perceptions of obesity – recollections of a paediatrician. Perspectives article.
Lancet 2011; 378:762-763.
Books
233.
Booth M, Macaskill P, Mclellan L, Phongsaven P, Okely T, Patterson J, Wright J, Bauman A, Baur L.
NSW Schools Fitness and Physical Activity Survey, 1997. Sydney: NSW Dept School Education, 1997
(216 pp).
234.
Peat J, Elliott E, Baur L, Keena V. Scientific writing: easy when you know how. London: BMJ Books,
2002 (292 pp). ISBN: 978-0-7279-1625-9 (Note: From 2009 – also translated into Korean).
235.
Baur LA, Twigg S, Magnusson R (Eds). A Modern Epidemic – Expert Perspectives on Obesity and
Diabetes. Sydney. Sydney University Press 2012 ISBN: 978-1-20899-85-1.
Book chapters
236.
Nelson EAS, Baur LA. Childhood obesity. In: Gupte S, ed. Recent Advances in Pediatrics – 12. New
Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, 2002:86-99.
237.
Baur LA, Allen JR, Humphries IRJ, Gaskin KJ. Total body nitrogen in children with chronic disease. In:
Jurimae T, Hills A, eds. Body Composition Assessment in Children and Adolescents (Volume 44 in
the Medicine and Sport Science Series). Basel: Karger, 2001; 25-35.
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238.
Baur LA, Denney-Wilson E. Obesity in childhood and adolescence. In: Silink M, Kida K, Rosembloom
A, eds. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in childhood and adolescence. London: Martin Dunitz Ltd, 2003;
67-92.
239.
Denney-Wilson E, Baur LA. Clinical correlates of overweight and obesity. In: Hills AP, King NA,
Byrne NM, eds. Children, Obesity and Exercise: Prevention, treatment and management of
childhood and adolescent obesity. (Volume 6 in International Studies in Physical Education and
Youth Sport series). Routledge, 2007; 25-36.
240.
Baur LA, Denney-Wilson E. Obesity in childhood and adolescence. In: Kelnar, Saenger, Cowell &
Savage (eds). Growth Disorders. 2nd edition. London: Hodder Arnold, 2007; 540-564.
241.
Baur LA. Child and adolescent obesity. In: Roberton DM, South M (eds). Practical Paediatrics, 6th
edition. Churchill Livingstone, 2007; 76-88.
242.
Denney-Wilson E, Baur LA. Adolescent obesity: making a difference to the epidemic. In: Bennett DL,
Towns SJ, Elliott EJ, Merrick J (eds). Challenges in adolescent health. An Australian perspective. Nova
Science: New York 2009; 131-140.
243.
Baur LA. Physical activity and risk of diabetes in obese children. In: Katzmarzyk P, Bouchard C (eds).
Physical Activity and Obesity (2nd edition). Human Kinetics, 2010; 331-333.
244.
Lobstein T, Baur LA, Jackson-Leach R. The childhood obesity epidemic. In: Waters E, Swinburn B,
Uauy R, Seidell J (eds). Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence, Policy and Practice. Oxford: WileyBlackwell, 2010; 3-14. ISBN: 9781405158893.
245.
Minshall GA, Davies F, Baur LA. Behavioral management of pediatric obesity. In: Ferry RJ Jr (Ed).
Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes. 1st edition. New York: Humana Press; 2011. ISBN
978-1-60327-255-1].
246.
Davies F, Baur LA. Treating obesity in childhood: behavioural considerations. In: VR Preedy (Ed).
International Handbook of Behavior, Diet and Nutrition. Springer Press: London 2009; 3305-3325.
ISBN 978-1-4419-1786-7
247.
Caterson ID, Finer N, Baur LA, Steinbeck KS. Obesity treatment for adults, adolescents and children. In:
Baur LA, Twigg S, Magnusson R. (Eds.). A Modern Epidemic - Expert Perspectives on Obesity and
Diabetes. Sydney University Press, 2012. ISBN:978-1-920899-85-1. Chapter 21, pp 372-400.
248.
Baur LA, Srinivasan S. Obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In: Kang M, Skinner
RS, Sanci L, Sawyer S (Eds). Youth Health and Adolescent Medicine. IP Communications, 2012. ISBN:
978-0-9872905-0-2. Chapter 10, pp 144-169.
Published full-length conference papers
249.
Gaskin KJ, Waters DL, Soutter VL, Baur LA, Allen BJ, Blagojevic N and Parsons D. Body composition in
cystic fibrosis. In: Yasumura S, Harrison JE, McNeill KG, Woodhead AD, Dilmanian FA eds. In Vivo
Body Composition Studies. New York: Plenum Press, 1990: 15-21
250.
Allen BJ, Blagojevic N, Delaney I, Pollock CA, Ibels LS, Allman MA, Tiller DJ, Gaskin KJ, Baur LA,
Waters DL, Cowell C, Ambler G, Quigley C, Fletcher JP. The role of body protein studies in clinical
trials. In: Yasumura S, Harrison JE, McNeill KG, Woodhead AD, Dilmanian FA eds. In Vivo Body
Composition Studies. New York: Plenum Press, 1990: 155-169.
251.
Baur LA, Allen JR, Waters DL, Gaskin KJ. Total body nitrogen in prepubertal children. In: Ellis KJ,
Eastman JD, eds. Human Body Composition: In Vivo Methods, Models and Assessment. New York:
Plenum Press 1993, 139-42.
252.
Baur LA, Allen BJ, Allen R, Cowell CT, Dorney SFA, Knight JF, Gaskin KJ. Body protein content in
idiopathic short stature and chronic diseases of childhood. In: Ellis KJ, Eastman JD, eds. Human
Body Composition: In Vivo Methods, Models and Assessment. New York: Plenum Press 1993, 143-6.
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253.
Baur LA, Steinbeck KS. Childhood obesity, nutrition and exercise. In: Sutton JR, Balnave R, eds.
Exercise, Metabolism and Nutrition. Sydney: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 1993:
57-64.
254.
Storlien LH, Kriketos AD, Pan DA, O'Connor J, Baur LA. Obesity/weight control and muscle
metabolism. In: Sutton JR, Balnave R, eds. Exercise, Metabolism and Nutrition. Sydney: Faculty of
Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 1993: 39-45.
255.
Storlien LH, Pan DA, Kriketos AD, O'Connor J, Caterson ID, Cooney GJ, Jenkins AB, Baur LA. Skeletal
muscle membrane and storage lipids, muscle fibre type and insulin resistance. Proc Nutr Soc Aust
1995; 19: 26 - 32.
256.
Storlien LH, Pan DA, Kriketos AD, Cooney GJ, Jenkins AB, Else PL, Baur LA. Role of storage and
membrane lipids in skeletal muscle metabolism: relation to obesity. In: Angel A, Anderson H, Lau D,
Leiter L, Mendelson R, eds. Progress in Obesity Research: 7. London, John Libbey & Co, 1996: 201206.
257.
Baur LA. Child and adolescent obesity in the 21st century: an Australian perspective. Asia Pac J Clin
Nutr 2002; 11:S524-8.
258.
Baur LA. Obesity in childhood and adolescence. Proceedings Nutrition Society of New Zealand
2003; 28:1-10.
259.
Baur LA. The childhood obesity epidemic: tackling the toxic environment. Proceedings 2004 Kidsafe
National Playground Conference. Westmead: Kidsafe New South Wales Inc, 2004: 133-142.
Invited editorials
260.
Baur LA. Leading article. Obesity – all (or at least part) in the family. Aust J Nutr Diet 2001; 58:1011.
261.
Baur LA. Editorial. Obesity – definitely a growing problem. Med J Aust 2001 174: 553-4.
262.
Waters EB, Baur LA. Editorial. Childhood obesity: modernity’s scourge. Med J Aust 2003; 178:4223.
263.
Baur LA. Leading article. The epidemic of childhood obesity: what role do schools play in primary
prevention? Nutr Diet 2004; 61:134-135.
264.
Baur LA. Editorial. Childhood obesity – practically invisible. Int J Obesity 2005; 29:351-352.
265.
Baur LA, Allen JR. Editorial. Goat milk for infants – yes or no? J Paediatr Ch Health 2005; 41:543.
266.
Alexander SM, Baur LA. Editorial. Childhood obesity: who’s to blame and who’s to pay? Expert Rev
Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res 2007, 7:95-98.
267.
Baur LA. Invited editorial. Tackling obesity in children and adolescents. BMJ 2008; 337:a1037.
268.
Baur LA. Invited commentary. Tackling the epidemic of childhood obesity. CMAJ 2009; 180:701-702.
269.
Kelly B, Baur LA, Bauman AE, Smith BJ, Saleh S, King L, Chapman K. Editorial. Health promotion in
sport: an analysis of peak sporting organisations' health policies. J Sci Med Sport 2010; 13:566-7.
Editorials for the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
270.
Baur LA. Editorial. The International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. Int J Pediatr Obesity 2006; 1:2.
Letters to the Editor
271.
Hardcastle D, Shrimpton S, Renigeris A, Baptiste E, Baur LA. Increasing prevalence of childhood
obesity (letter). Med J Aust 1997; 167: 342.
272.
Baur LA, O'Connor J, Gaskin KJ, Davies PS. Reply to G Rodriguez et al. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77:1527.
273.
Proeitto J, Baur LA. Management of obesity. Reply to GRW Davies; McHenry RC et al; Tran HA.
MJA 18 October 2004.
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274.
Alexander SM, Baur LA, Magnusson R, Tobin B. When does severe childhood obesity become a child
protection issue? Reply to MA Sabin, Z McCallum, K Gibbons, GA Werther, J Proietto. MJA 2009;
190:655.
275.
Baur LA, Wake M, Espinel PT. Audit of Australian childhood obesity research funding 2005-9:
National research priority in name but not numbers. J Paediatr Ch Health 2010; 46:696–698.
276.
Lubans DR, Jones R, Okley AD, Salmon J, Baur LA. Review of Australian childhood obesity research
funding 2010-2013. Health Prom J Aust 2013, in press. Accepted for publication 27th March 2013.
Theses
277.
Baur LA. "Tracing visual pathways using horseradish peroxidase." BSc(Med) Thesis, University of
Sydney, 1979 (supervisor, Dr [now Emeritus Professor] Ann Sefton, Dept Physiology)
278.
Baur LA. "Body composition and nutritional assessment in children with chronic disease." PhD
Thesis, University of Sydney, 1993. (Awarded the Peter Bancroft Prize by the Faculty of Medicine,
University of Sydney “for the best piece of research by publication or thesis by a graduate in that
year”) (supervisor: Dr [now Prof] KJ Gaskin & Prof Martin Silink)
Government and NGO reports
279.
Does your school need to provide breakfast? Guidelines to needs, assessment, implementation and
evaluation. NSW Health Department, 1996. (Member, Advisory Committee)
280.
Monitoring overweight and obesity in NSW. Part of the NSW Food and Nutrition Monitoring
Project. NSW Health Department, 1997. Prepared by Flood V, Webb K, Lazarus R, Baur LA.
281.
Cash registers in school canteens? Investigation of the feasibility of developing and automated
system for monitoring and improving the nutritional quality of foods sold in school canteens. NSW
Health Department, 1997. Prepared by Cohen D, Webb K, Baur L, Allen J.
282.
Flood VM, Webb KL, Lazarus R, Baur L. Recommendations for monitoring overweight and obesity in
NSW. Report, NSW Health. 2000.
http://www.cphn.biochem.usyd.edu.au/resources/rec_obesity.pdf
283.
Getting the balance right – childhood nutrition in the Commonwealth. Section within the report on
“Health in the Commonwealth: Priorities and Perspectives 2001/2002", presented at the 13th
Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Meeting, New Zealand, 2001. Section report compiled by Baur
LA, Bhutta ZA, Golden BE, Sullivan PB, Nelson T.
284.
Australian standard definition of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence. Report
prepared for the Commonwealth Government Dept Health & Aged Care, for inclusion in the
National Data Dictionary. Report compiled by Baur LA, Booth ML, Denney-Wilson E et al, 2001/2.
285.
Lobstein T, Baur L, Uauy R (eds). Obesity in children and young people. A crisis in public health.
Report to the World Health Organization. London: IASO International Obesity TaskForce, 2003.
286.
NSW Centre for Overweight & Obesity, NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition, NSW Centre for
Physical Activity and Health. A review of the evidence for interventions and the development of a
framework for interventions to address overweight and obesity in adults and older people, with
specific reference to people living in rural and remote Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islanders. Project for the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. September 2005. Available
at: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/healthyactive/publishing.nsf/Content/publications (LA Baur
was one of the CIs on this research paper)
287.
Kornman K, Nguyen B, Baur LA. Interactive electronic media interventions targeted at adolescents
for prevention of overweight and obesity. Report prepared for NSW Health, March 2010.
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Educational publications
1.
Allen JR, Baur LA. Making sense of the different formulas and milks available to infants and young
children. Modern Medicine Australia 1999; 42(6): 24-30. Reprinted in Modern Medicine South
Africa and J Paed Obst Gynae Hong Kong.
2.
McDowell M, Weddell C, Baur LA. “Getting in the picture: a parent’s and carer’s guide for the better
use of television for children”. Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1999 (ISBN 0-909783-38-1).
3.
Baur LA, Allen JR. Managing obesity in childhood and adolescence. Medicine Today 2000; 1:62-69.
Reprinted in Middle East edition, February 2001.
4.
Allen JR, Baur LA. Iron deficiency in young children. Medicine Today 2000; 1(9): 44-54. Reprinted in
J Paediatr Obstet & Gynaecol, Jan/Feb 2001:24-8 and in South African edition of Modern Medicine,
March 2002.
5.
Baur LA, Burrell S. Managing obesity in childhood and adolescence. Medicine Today 2005; 6:46-56.
Reprinted in Modern Medicine South Africa 2007; June: 17-25.
6.
Baur LA, Alexander S, Burrell S, Chisholm K, Henderson J, Marks S, Minshall G, Morris A, Sing T.
Australian Doctor How To Treat: Child and Adolescent Obesity, May 2008.
7.
Baur LA. Management of child and adolescent obesity. Australian Diabetes Management 2008.
8.
Burrell S, Alexander S, Baur LA. The management of obesity in childhood and adolescence.
Medicine Today 2010; 38:11:38-50.
9.
Alexander S, Baur LA, Burrell S, Chisholm K, Henderson J, Hoffman R, Knott S, Minshall G, Rao SJV,
Sampson S. Australian Doctor. How To Treat: Child and Adolescent Obesity. 1st July 2011.
Published on-line education presentations:
1.
Baur L (2011). "The clinical assessment and management of child and adolescent obesity", in
Bouchard, C. (ed.), Obesity: Epidemiology, Etiology, Consequences and Treatment, The Biomedical &
Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks Ltd, London (online at:
http://hstalks.com/?t=BL0452776-Baur)
2.
Baur LA (2013). “Assessment and management of obesity in children and adolescents”. Self-learning
e-module in the SCOPE (Specialist Certification of Obesity professionals Education) course, run by
the International Association for the Study of Obesity (http://www.iaso.org/scope/).
Book reviews
1.
“Leptin: The Voice of Adipose Tissue” edited by WF Blum, W Kiess and W Rascher. Heidelberg:
Huthig GmbH, 1997. Reviewed for J Paediatr Child Health, 1999.
2.
“Nutrition in the infant: problems and practical procedures” edited by VR Preedy, G Grimble & R
Watson. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 2001. Reviewed for J Paediatrics Child Health 2003.
3.
“Handbook of obesity treatment. Second edition.” Edited by TA Wadden, AJ Stunkard. New York:
Guildford Press, 2002. Reviewed for Nutrition & Dietetics 2004.
4.
“Bridging the ‘Know-Do’ Gap: Knowledge brokering to improve child wellbeing.” Edited by Gabriele
Bammer with Annette Michaux and Ann Sanson. Reviewed for ANZ J Publ Health 2011.
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